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<\/p>\nThe young man was a talented martial arts fighter who has been remembered as “a beautiful soul”<\/p>\n
Callum Nally<\/p>\n
Tributes are being paid to a young dad-of-three from Co Roscommon<\/a> who died suddenly earlier this week.<\/p>\n Callum Nally, from Monksland in Athlone, passed away suddenly on Tuesday (April 28), according to a death notice shared on RIP.ie.<\/p>\n Callum is sadly missed by his loving mother Sharon, step-father Joey, children Ava, Freya and Colby, sister Bhrianna, brother Davin, grandparents Mary and Alfie Nally and Eileen Turley, uncles, aunts, cousins, in-laws, relatives and many friends.<\/p>\n Callum was a talented martial arts fighter who was a member and coach at Hiver Muay Thai gym in Athlone.<\/p>\n Callum’s sudden death has left his friends and family devastated, with his brother Davin paying tribute to the young man in a heartbreaking social media message.<\/p>\n “I may not have had a biological father to raise me into a man, but my big brother Callum Nally was always there,” Davin wrote.<\/p>\n Callum was a talented martial arts fighter<\/p>\n “He taught me how to be strong, to fight, to show compassion and love towards others, my biggest supporter, my big brother, who believed in me even when I didn’t believe in myself, I’ve never known and will never know another man like you big brother.<\/p>\n “Forever and always Callum, I’ll love you until my last final breath and in my next life until we meet again, forever and always, brother.”<\/p>\n Mourners also paid tribute to the popular young martial arts fighter, with one person saying: “I am so sad to hear this awful news about this lovely lad Callum. I shared some funny stories about his Dad, he gave me the biggest warmest hugs, what a beautiful soul he was. Sincere condolences to all his family, the Nally’s and Turley’s. My heart breaks for you all, he’s with his Dad Eoghan now.”<\/p>\n While another person said: So saddened to hear of Callum\u2019s passing.I have many fond memories of Callum as a young boy in the Gaelscoil days. He was a character, always included his classmates and had a great sense of humour. Sincere sympathy to Sharon and all the family at this time. Solas n\u00e1 bhflaitheas d\u00e1 anam uasal.”<\/p>\n Callum’s funeral was held at Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church in Athlone on Saturday, with the young man laid to rest in Coosan Cemetery.<\/p>\n Want to see more of the stories you love from the Irish Mirror? Making us your preferred source on Google<\/a> means you\u2019ll get more of our exclusives, top stories and must-read content straight away. To add Irish Mirror as a preferred source, simply click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The young man was a talented martial arts fighter who has been remembered as “a beautiful soul” Callum…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43,30817],"class_list":["post-430050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-tributes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430050","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=430050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Callum](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/684258672_1456561942936070_2791942278552961001_n-3.jpg\")
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