In a packed St Mary’s Church in Rathkeale, friends, family, fans and neighbours paid their respects to the man fondly nicknamed the "Limerick Lion". The late Pa O'Dwyer with family. Not long ago, Pa O’Dwyer received a message from the father of a young man, an interaction that perfectly summed up the Limerick Lion. The world does not erase people, it carries them forward in different ways.”World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall attends the funeral of Pa O’Dwyer. If love could have saved you, you would've lived forever.”Earlier in the service, a poem written by Treasa Coleman remembered Pa O’Dwyer as a “man to be admired” with an “infectiously loud” laugh.

Source: Irish Examiner January 07, 2026 14:38 UTC