{"id":576848,"date":"2026-07-31T08:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T08:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/576848\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T08:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T08:41:09","slug":"richard-james-cunningham-midwest-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/576848\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard James Cunningham &#8211; Midwest Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welshpool, Belcarra, Castlebar, Co. Mayo and formerly of Manchester, England \u2013 peacefully at Mayo University Hospital,\u00a0 Castlebar on 30th July\u00a0 2026, surrounded by his loving family after a brave battle with illness.<\/p>\n<p>Predeceased by his father Pat and nephew Oliver, also grandparents from the Cunningham and Evans families.<\/p>\n<p>He will be forever loved and always remembered by his heartbroken mum Julie, his sister Sinead and brother-in-law Michael, his adored nephews Harry and Jake, his cousins, neighbours and many friends.<\/p>\n<p>Richard will be sadly missed by all who knew him.<\/p>\n<p>Adored nephew, cousin, neighbour and friend.<\/p>\n<p>May he rest in peace.<\/p>\n<p>Richard will repose at Belcarra \u00a0Community Centre,\u00a0 Belcarra,\u00a0 Castlebar on Sunday, 2nd August from 6.00pm with prayers at 8.00pm, followed by private removal to his home.<\/p>\n<p>His funeral will arrive at St. Anne\u2019s Church, Belcarra on Monday, 3rd August at 12.45pm for Funeral Mass at 1.00pm.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards Richard will be laid to rest beside his beloved dad Pat in Guesdian Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>House strictly private please<\/p>\n<p>Family flowers only please.<\/p>\n<p>Donations in lieu if desired to the Oncology Unit at Mayo University Hospital, c\/o Kilcoyne Funeral Directors, Thomas Street, Castlebar.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to leave a message of sympathy for the family please click on the Condolence link below or you can write to the family, c\/o Kilcoynes Funeral Home, Thomas Street, Castlebar.<\/p>\n<p>All enquiries to Kilcoynes Funeral Home, Thomas Street, Castlebar 0872648869<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kilcoynefuneralhome.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.kilcoynefuneralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welshpool, Belcarra, Castlebar, Co. Mayo and formerly of Manchester, England \u2013 peacefully at Mayo University Hospital,\u00a0 Castlebar on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-576848","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\/576848","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=576848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}