Final tributes to Joe McGrath
He was buried in St James Cemetery, Chetwynd, following Requiem Mass in Ballinlough, at which the chief celebrant was Canon James O’Donovan PP.
The attendance included Cork All-Ireland hurlers Ray Cummins, Frank Cummins, Eamonn O’Donoghue, John Considine, Sean O’Gorman, Denis Burns, Sean Silke (Galway) and Limerick brothers Pat and Bernie Hartigan. They played in the ’71 league final and were on the last Limerick team to win the Liam MacCarthy Cup two years later.
Also present were commentator Michéal Ó Muircheartaigh, Munster Council vice-chairman Robert Frost, former Limerick chairman Rory Kiely, former Cork chairman Mick Dolan, Fianna Fáil leader and fellow parishioner Michéal Martin, former Assistant Garda Commissioner Joe Long and representatives of the Blackrock club.