The late Isaac Furlong Wexford had lost a popular and highly respected resident following the death of Isaac Furlong. Isaac, aged 69, passed away at Knockeen nursing home on Thursday, October 27. Born in in John Street, Wexford, in 1936, Isaac moved to London in 1960 and found employment in various bars throughout the English capital, where he remained for three years. He returned to his beloved Wexford in 1963, taking up a job as a machinist in Pierce's Foundry, where he worked until the mid-1970s when he retired due to back injury. Despite his early retirement, Isaac was an active and highly energetic man all his life, right up until his death. He was a well-known and respected local sporting personality, having served as a GAA referee for over 30 years, and had been actively involved with many local clubs, including the Blues and Whites, Sarsfields, and the Faythe Harriers hurling club. He was also awarded the prestigious 'Golfer of the Year' award from a local Wexford Golfing Society in the late 1990s. But sport was not Isaac's only interest. He was a member of the Wexford Male Voice Choir for many years, having been appointed chairman for the last three years. He had travelled with the choir to compete in various competitions throughout Ireland and in the U.S. He had also been the proud recipient of many trophies for ballroom dancing, just another one of his many interests. Genuine and honest, Isaac will be remembered as a warm, friendly and sociable man, greatly admired and loved. The large number who gathered for his Requiem mass at the Church of the Annunciation in Clonard on Saturday, October 29, reflected the very high esteem in which he was held in the local community. His remains were interred in St. Ibar's Cemetery, Castlebridge. He will be sadly missed by his loving wife, Joyce, sons, Peter, John, Daniel and Philip, daughters, Ann and Michelle, his many grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Courtesy of the Wexford People 9 November 2005 Tweet

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