The passing of Gay Warren

We have learned with some personal sadness of the death of Gabriel (Gay) Warren, founder of Renley Engineering, after an illness.

He will be sadly missed by his loving wife Pearl, sons Mark, Gary and Johnny, daughters-in-law Helen, Majella and Lucy, grandchildren Katie, James, Ralph, Aimee, Sam and Harry, and his sister May.

His remains are reposing overnight in the Church of Our Lady and St David, Naas. Requiem Mass will be celebrated tomorrow (Thursday) at 10 am and burial will follow afterwards in St Corban's Cemetery, Naas.

At the age 32 years, Gay Warren, left his engineering job in Unidare Ltd in Finglas in 1970 to set up his own business. With the help of Kilcullen Development Association, who supplied the building behind what is now the King Koil factory, Gay set up Renley Engineering with a start-up local workforce of 10 men. This was great news for Kilcullen, as at that time Renley was the one of the first industries in the town to employ men.

Renley Engineering Works manufactured lamp standards, transformer boxes, switch gear and other electrical items to supply under contract to the ESB. At one stage, Renley employed over 60 people.

A generous man with his time and expertise, Gay was involved for some years on the Board of KDA. After 23 years as managing director of Renley, He chose to retire in 1993 at the early age of 55. Since his retirement, he kept in touch with the many friends he made in Kilcullen over the years.

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