The collision, which occurred on Sunday afternoon, involved two motorbikes. A male rider, named locally as Timmy (Louis) Collins, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Mr Collins, is predeceased by his parents, Louis and Katie, and is deeply mourned by his heartbroken partner Mary, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, aunts Bridget and Madeline, uncle Tim, cousins, other relatives, neighbours, and a wide circle of friends, including many in the biking community.<\/p>\n
News of his passing has rocked his home town of Abbeyfeale, where he was widely known and well-liked.<\/p>\n
Paying tribute, local councillor Liam Galvin described Mr Collins as \u201cone of the nicest people you could ever meet\u201d and a \u201cgentle giant\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe hadn’t an enemy on the planet,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was so pleasant, so polite. Loved his bikes, just going for his cruises and driving around.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was not a daredevil on the bike, absolutely totally the opposite, it was what he lived for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cllr Galvin, who had known Mr Collins for more than 35 years, added: \u201cHe was well liked in his job and always working. He had a fine house that he built himself and he came from a very respectable family.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith two other naturally-caused deaths in the village this weekend, there’s a lot of sadness around Abbeyfeale at the moment,\u201d he shared<\/p>\n
Many in the community have taken online to express their sorrow.<\/p>\n
One wrote: \u201cI’m shocked and so saddened by Timmy’s passing. Many a time we stopped and spoke for long periods. Always a kind, gentle man with a friendly smile.\u201d<\/p>\n
Others shared memories of simple but cherished moments with the late 55-year-old: \u201cSaddened to hear of Timmy’s tragic death. Ride free, Timmy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another added: \u201cHave happy memories of chatting with him when I worked in Abbeyfeale. Sympathies to Mary and all who mourn him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The second motorbike involved in the collision carried a male driver in his 60s and a female passenger. Both were taken by ambulance to University Hospital Kerry with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the collision, or who was travelling on the R560 between 4.15pm and 5pm with dashcam footage, to contact Tralee Garda Station.<\/p>\n
Timmy Collins will repose at his home, Dromalainn, The Hill, Abbeyfeale, V94 P9CW, on Wednesday, September 10, from 5pm until 8pm.<\/p>\n
Removal to The Church of The Assumption, Abbeyfeale, will take place on Thursday, September 11 at 1.15pm for Requiem Mass at 2pm.<\/p>\n
Interment will follow in Reilig \u00cdde Naofa, Abbeyfeale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The collision, which occurred on Sunday afternoon, involved two motorbikes. A male rider, named locally as Timmy (Louis)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,4017,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-10967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-jasmin-griffin","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}