Nickey Brennan has paid tribute to his fellow Kilkenny man and mentor Paddy Buggy.

Both men served the GAA as president and, writing in his weekly column in The Kilkenny People, Brennan fondly remembers one of the greats of Kilkenny GAA:

"When the huge honour of being elected GAA president was bestowed on me in 2005 in Croke Park, one of the first people to congratulate me was Paddy Buggy.

"His embrace was warm and sincere. 'Your father would have been proud of you' were words that brought a tear to my eyes. Paddy was a good friend of my late father.

"Although Paddy had not been well for some time, his death last week was a very sad loss to everyone and most of all to his beloved wife Peggy, his sons and daughter and his extended family.

"I will remember Paddy as a good friend and mentor. He was a man imbued with an outstanding memory of people and events and an outstanding orator, not just on GAA matters but on any subject." Tweet

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