{"id":228355,"date":"2026-01-05T10:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/228355\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:34:08","slug":"funeral-arrangements-for-limerick-lion-who-leave-a-huge-void-in-ireland-and-across-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/228355\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral arrangements for \u2018Limerick Lion\u2019 who leave a huge void in Ireland and across the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FUNERAL arrangements have been announced of the late Patrick (Pa) O\u2019Dwyer, who has left a huge void in the hearts of his family, friends and the strongman community in Ireland and across the world.<\/p>\n<p>The death notice of the \u2018Limerick Lion\u2019 on rip.ie says that Pa, of Rathkeale and formerly Rooska East, Carrigkerry, County <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/limerickleader.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> passed away suddenly on January 3, aged 40.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/deaths\/1980738\/heartbreaking-recent-post-sums-up-late-limerick-lion-pa-o-dwyer-as-120-000-donated-in-a-day.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Heartbreaking recent post sums up late \u2018Limerick Lion\u2019 Pa O&#8217;Dwyer as \u20ac120,000 donated in a day<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The former firefighter holds the records for winning Ireland\u2019s Strongest Man competition an incredible five times.<\/p>\n<p>Pa was the second ever Irishman to win the UK\u2019s Strongest Man and earned the nickname the \u2018Limerick Lion\u2019. In more recent years he turned to coaching with his own website and huge social media following.<\/p>\n<p>The esteem he is held in is reflected by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/pa-odwyer-family-and-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GoFundMe page<\/a> set up to cover the costs of Pa\u2019s funeral and support his partner and three children into the future. The GoFundMe, set up by former World\u2019s Strongest Man, Eddie Hall &#8211; The Beast, has raised almost \u20ac175,000 thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Pa will repose at his parents residence at Rooskagh East, Carrigkerry, Athea, County Limerick (Eircode V94 TF2K) on Tuesday, January 6 between 4pm and 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving at St. Mary\u2019s Church, Rathkeale, on Wednesday, January 7 for 11.30 requiem Mass with burial afterwards in Monagea cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>Family flowers only are requested in his death notice with donations to a charity of your choice.<\/p>\n<p>Pa is forever loved and deeply missed by his partner Layna, his children Sienna, Rocco and Freddy, his parents Lena and Seanie, his brothers and sisters Siobhan, Kris, Sean and Liam, grandparents Sean and Chris Kelly, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, extended family, his many friends, teammates, sponsors and \u201call who were inspired by his kindness, humour and strength\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>May he rest in peace.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FUNERAL arrangements have been announced of the late Patrick (Pa) O\u2019Dwyer, who has left a huge void in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2177,61,60,43,39830],"class_list":["post-228355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-county-limerick","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-rathkeale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228355","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=228355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}