Tributes pour in for former Cork City chairman Chris Herlihy who passed away

Having served as vice-chairman to Jim Hennebry when Cork City were established, Herlihy took over as chairman in June 1987

Chris Herlihy pictured at his home for an Irish Examiner feature in 2012. Picture: Dan Linehan

Tributes have been paid to former Cork City chairman Chris Herlihy, whose death was announced on Friday morning.

Herlihy, a retired bookmaker from Ballinlough, was a founding member of City in 1984 and also gave a lifetime of service to Avondale United, with whom he first became involved in 1972.