Skryne GFC, and the wider Meath GAA community, has been plunged into sadness following the passing of club stalwart Ray Mooney yesterday.

The Mooney family name is synonymous with the club and the unassuming Ray served in a variety of capacities, always going about his business with a minimum of fuss.

A son of the legendary Tommy Mooney, after whom the A FL Division 1 silverware is named, Ray was very much part of the fabric of Skryne GFC since his school days and was practically an ever present on the club's executive committee.

He was an outstanding footballer during the sixties and seventies, winning a senior championship medal in 1965 while his two brothers, Tex and Gay, also donned the famed blue and white colours.

He also acted as a selector on numerous occasions and was coach to the senior championship winning Skryne teams of 1992 and 1993.

The retired St Patrick's CS teacher also played a significant role in the Moatlands school's emergence as a force to be reckoned on the gaelic football fields.

A resident of St Enda's Villas in Navan, Ray was one of four new club presidents elected at the recent AGM and his loss will be acutely felt around the club.

Funeral arrangements:

Reposing at Fitzsimons' Funeral Home, Navan, from 4 o clock this Thursday afternoon with removal same evening to The Church Of The Immaculate Conception, Rathfeigh, arriving at 7 o'clock. Funeral Mass on Friday at 12 noon with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Family flowers only. Donations, if desired, to The Irish Heart Foundation.

The Skryne team that won the 1965 Meath SFC. Front l-r: Denis Smyth, Dom O'Brien, Davy Carty, Paddy Mulvaney, Paddy Cromwell, Frank Carty, Tommy Callaghan, John Curtis, Frank Swan, Aidan Kavanagh. Back l-r: Jim O'Connor, Ray Mooney, Jack O'Connor, Tommy Murphy, Paddy Lynch, Mickey Lynch, Jimmy Lynch, Dinny Donnelly, Sean Smyth, Paddy O'Brien, Stephen Kelly, Packie Mooney,

Tweet

Most Read Stories