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THE FUNERAL OF Jackie Healy Rae is due to take place this Monday in Kilgarvan.
The former Kerry South deputy passed away just after 1.30pm yesterday afternoon at Kerry General Hospital in Tralee. He was aged 83. It is believed he was suffering from a long-term illness.
Funeral
Funeral arrangements for the late TD have been published on Rip.ie. It states:
The death has occurred of Jackie Healy-Rae, former T.D. and M.C.C., after a long illness, bravely borne, under the excellent care of Kerry General Hospital and Killarney Community Hospital.Beloved partner of Kathleen Cahill, her daughter Antoinette and granddaughter Katie, brother of the late Dan, his late stepbrother Paddy and his late stepsisters Molly, Nora and Sheila.Very deeply regretted by his sons Danny, John, Denis and Michael, daughters Joan and Rosemary and their mother Julie, brothers Denny and Mick, sisters Hannie and Cathy, stepbrother Timmy and stepsister Peggy in England, his many beloved grandchildren, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law and a wide circle of friends and supporters.
Healy Rae will lie in repose at Healy-Rae’s Bar, Main Street in Kilgarvan today, with Rosary at 9pm and tomorrow from 4pm-8pm. The removal will follow to St. Patrick’s Church in Kilgarvan.
The funeral Mass will take place on Monday at 12 noon, with burial afterwards in the local cemetery.
Tributes have been paid from all political spectrums to the patriarch of Healy Rae dynasty
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“The type of person who will vote for me is the fella who has his dinner at one o clock in the day”
Say whatever you like…..he got the job that he was elected to do, done.
I am sorry for his family and may he RIP . As the poster boy for gombeen politics he leaves a political legacy where cronyism and cute hoorism are centre stage.
Will people from Kerry get the day off work?
I hope so
Will he be buried with that hat still welded to his head?
Some people you don’t miss till their gone ,I think healy will be one of them ,RIP
Silly and meaningless comments posted on the Journal regarding Mr Healy Ray. Rest in peace.
When me mates son commited suicide years back he was worrying about costs of funeral and all that bet the state won’t let the Healy-Rae family put there hands in there own pockets only saying
Pointless, idiotic comment.
@tmwtbc not pointless to me these polititians claim to be people of the people but as usual when they get sick or die the state looks after them automatically .
I disagree tmw. This man, may he rest in peace, did nothing for his country except continue an appalling tradition of gombeenism. We really need to move away from that aul Shight.
20ft grave because deep deep down he was a good national politician
They say the way to heaven is paved with good intentions- with Jackie firmly enthroned at St. Peter’s side that road will be resurfaced, repaved and realigned by Jackie to ensure every Kerry person journey there is as smooth and pothole free as possible. As colourful and charismatic a character as Kerry ever produced.
did great for those who elected him.worked hard and didnt vanish till re-election time came round again.RIP
When is Kenny going to announce a day of national mourning ??
@Emmet, @Gumbridge, @ Neildarkmind,… Please let us know when one of your parents die so we can post some smart comments about them and how they lived their lives. Have your parents given anything to society?…….thought not.
@ James Boylan my dad has done a lot for this country It’s not my fault u don’t know who your dad is
Rip to Jackie no criticism to a man who has passed on He was one of the boys in FF for a good number of years
We’ve an amazing capacity to celebrate the mediocre in Irl. He was on tv, wore a hat and plamased a lot of country folk. Noting to see here folks,
There’s still some good folk who reminisce about Gerry Ryan too
@gerrygrimes…. The saying , “if you’ve got nothing decent to say, say nothing” comes to mind when I read your comment.
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