TRIBUTES TO 'SPECIAL PERSON' LORCAN

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TRIBUTES TO 'SPECIAL PERSON' LORCAN

“MANY glowing tributes were paid to Lorcán over the past couple of weeks, and all of these speak to us about the very special young person that Lorcán was.” Those were the words of Fr Charles Byrne at Monday’s Requiem Mass for Hilltown man Lorcán Branagan, who tragically passed away in Sydney on 24 March. Welcoming mourners to the village’s St John’s Church, the parish priest said that, whilst “death always brings sadness”, it is “especially sad…