Around tea time yesterday I heard the unwelcome news that our neighbour and friend China Clarke had gone to meet his father,also Vincent,in Heaven.
China ,an ex hurler and footballer as a juvenile with Dunderry GAA Club ,was widely known to have been under pressure for a number of months with the curse of Cancer but was expected to make it until Christmas.
It was not to be.
He was a well liked guy by one and all and a great man for community adornment and will be missed by those of similar bent.
He will be most acutely missed by his mother Vera,who is unwell herself,the mother of his children Helen,,by Danielle and Kate his children,by Kevin,by his grandchildren Leah,Aleshia and Kevins child,by his siblings Pascal,Gary,Maura,Adrienne,Vivian,Anne,Vera,Olivia and Swiss-Damian ,who too has suffered greatly in recent times.
Also by all his nephews and nieces and great nephews and grandnieces and a huge circle of friends and neighbours who hold him in the greatest esteem .
Personally I found him to have been a respectful anf decent neighbour ,one of the best.
At 50 he was too young to go.
AR DHEIS dE GO RAIBH hAnam dilis.
Funeral Mass is at 11.00 a.m.Monday morning in Dunderry followed by burial in local graveyard afterwards.
The funeral went well,was attended by a lone piper and the GAA Club members and neighbours formed a socially distanced guard of honour outside the Church after the ceremonies.
It was moving.
That's a beautiful tribute to Vincent and all his family Family. May he Rest in the Merciful Love of God. 🌹💒🌹
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