Conor Counihan leads tributes as Cork mourns All-Ireland winner Kieran O’Connor

Kieran O'Connor with his wife Sinead and children Ava, Isabelle, and James at the Friends of Kieran fundraising 5km walk at Aghada GAA club in March 2019. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Conor Counihan has led the tributes to his friend and fellow Aghada clubman Kieran O’Connor who sadly passed away on Wednesday after a long illness.

O’Connor, 41, died following a three-year battle with cancer, which first emerged when he was diagnosed with a rare bone tumour, Ewing’s sarcoma.