Sad passing of Mossie Hallahan

Although news of the passing last week of Mossie Hallahan had not been entirely unexpected, the death of this great GAA stalwart has cast a deep gloom over the entirety of Deise Gaeldom.
Aged eighty one, Mossie had battled with illness for the bones of a decade or so, and that battle was carried on by him in the same determined way that he played every game of football-first in the red and white of Old Parish and subsequently in the blue and white of his beloved Ardmore. Mossie, who was a gentlemen through and through, played a starring role as the Old Parish "Shocks" won the club's first, and only, county junior football championship in 1949.
Eleven years later he was again on the glory trail, this time helping Ardmore to the county intermediate football title and with a passage into senior status which it has proudly retained to this very day.
His illustrious playing career over, he continued to work tirelessly for the club in a whole variety of ways, and in the early 1970s ('73 perhaps?) he became chairman. The ultimate honour for the ultimate clubman.
The measure of the standing in which Mossie was held was reflected in the hugely representative attendance at his funeral Mass in Grange Church last Friday morning. With the church full to overflowing many people stood outside in the summer sunshine paying their final respects to a man who was, in the truest sense, an Ardmore GAA legend.
As the coffin was carried on its short final journey to the adjoining cemetery the coffin was draped in the blue and white Ardmore colours. A tribute no man was ever more deserving of. To Mossie's wife and family the sympathy of the column and column is extended. Go ndeine Dia trocaire ar a anam dilis.

Courtesy of the Waterford News
June 8th, 2010 Tweet

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