Fundraiser to celebrate life of late Tipp player

A night at the dogs intended as a fundraiser went ahead last night as a celebration of the life of c after the Tipperary player died on Thursday night.

The 29-year-old inter-county hurler and footballer won an array of honours on the field and battled brain cancer for two years.

Mr Connolly fell ill after playing a Tipperary county hurling semi-final in 2013 with Loughmore-Castleiney, the club with which he won county senior hurling and football titles and a Munster senior hurling trophy.