The passing of Buddy Halloran

The Diary has learned with sadness of the death of Martin 'Buddy' Halloran.

Buddy will be reposing at his residence from 7 o'clock this evening, from where he will be taken tomorrow at 7pm to Kilcullen Parish Church.

His Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 11am on Wednesday, and his funeral will take place immediately afterwards to St Brigid's Cemetery.

We express our condolences to his wife Judy, their sons David and Paul, their daughters Marie, Noelle and Melanie, his sisters Sally and Anne, and the extended Halloran family.

Born in America, the O'Halloran brothers — Vinny, Buddy and Jackie — followed in their own father John's trade as contract builders. They worked in every county in Ireland, and were known as a team that would come through on their work with an unstinting dedication to quality and finishing on time. They were most content when contract requirements had them in the West of Ireland, as it was the homeland from which their father had come before his emigration to America.

May he rest in peace.