THE parents of Ois\u00edn Martin, who died in a car accident last week, have urged young drivers to slow down. Ois\u00edn, who was in his 20s and from Tinnecarrig, Borris, Co Carlow was laid to rest at St Patrick\u2019s Church in Ballymurphy on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Speaking on behalf of the family, Fr Rory Nolan said: \u201cI know that Breda and John Joe want me to stress to you today, especially to Ois\u00edn\u2019s peers, that when you drive, please slow down. Being late is okay. No-one would wish the pain and loss that you feel today should visit another family.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ois\u00edn tragically died in a car crash at Ballytiglea on the R702 between Borris and Goresbridge early on the morning of 20 May.<\/p>\n
At his funeral, he was remembered as a laid back and popular young man who was devoted to his GAA club, Mount Leinster Rangers. In a tribute to Ois\u00edn by the club, he was described as an \u2018outstanding\u2019 GAA player.<\/p>\n
His three sisters each placed an item on the altar during the service: Emily placed a photograph of Ois\u00edn, Hannah placed one of his treasured caps, Fr Nolan noting that the only times he saw Ois\u00edn not wearing a hat or cap was when he served Mass, and Rachel placed a razor \u00e2\u0080\u0092 during lockdown, Ois\u00edn discovered a talent for cutting hair. Another loved one, Maddy, placed a Mount Leinster Rangers jersey and Fr Nolan called the club a \u201csecond home\u201d for Ois\u00edn.<\/p>\n
At the end of the ceremony, Susan, speaking on behalf of the family, thanked the first responders who attended to Ois\u00edn at the scene of the accident, John Joyce Funeral Directors, as well as Fr O\u2019Shea and Fr Nolan for the beautiful Mass and their guidance and support. Mount Leinster Rangers was also thanked for the prayer vigil the club organised on 21 May and its continued support, and there were also thanks for friends and neighbours for their support during this very sad time.<\/p>\n
Susan finished by remembering Ois\u00edn as \u201ca wonderful young man who brought so much joy to all of us. We each have our memories of him and we will remember him with fondness and with love. May he rest in peace.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ois\u00edn\u2019s death notice on RIP.ie said that \u2018Ois\u00edn is deeply missed his by loving parents Breda and John Joe, sisters Emily, Hannah and Rachel, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends and extended family\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE parents of Ois\u00edn Martin, who died in a car accident last week, have urged young drivers to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-468937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468937","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=468937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}