Mr Veselsky was the oldest man in Ireland when he died on Sunday aged 107. Mr Veselsky was born Josef Weiss to Jewish parents in the old Austrian-Hungarian empire in October 1918. Josef Veselsky's children, Peter and Kate, at the funeral of their father, at Mount Jerome Crematorium, Harold’s Cross, Dublin. Mr Veselsky’s daughter Kate said her father’s message to everybody was to be happy, not sad. Mr Veselsky revived the sport in Ireland after he came to the country.

Source: The Irish Times January 07, 2026 21:25 UTC