Noelle Feeney obituary: ‘She had the honour of being known by one name — like many talented footballers from Brazil’

There was little she wouldn’t — or couldn’t — turn her hand to if it was needed, writes Niamh O’Mahony.

A wise man once said that simple is both difficult and expensive to achieve. His theory was this: Nothing that works well does so without dedication, passion, commitment, and plenty of ongoing thought and revision.

As the Cork City FC and League of Ireland communities gathered together to mourn the passing of one of their own earlier this week, the word ‘simple’ was used quite a bit. Every mourner had their own story to recollect about Noelle Feeney, aka Mrs Cork City, aka the First Lady of CCFC.