{"id":701309,"date":"2026-07-20T09:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/701309\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T09:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:25:17","slug":"your-kind-heart-will-never-be-forgotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/701309\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Your kind heart will never be forgotten\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friends have spoken of their shock after the sudden death of a \u201cloving and kind\u201d father and boxing coach from Co Antrim in Tenerife.<\/p>\n

Ryan Lowry from Ballycastle<\/a>, aged in his early 30s, had been on holiday with his girlfriend Ana when he was taken to Our Lady of Candelaria University Hospital where he died on Friday. <\/p>\n

Described as the \u201cadored father\u201d of his young daughter, Miya Rose, he had been a popular volunteer coach at Ballycastle Amateur Boxing Club.<\/p>\n

A fundraiser <\/a>set up by the club manager, Gerard Hughes, has since raised nearly \u00a310,000.<\/p>\n

\"What<\/a>\"‘Your<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was very loving and kind with his time, volunteering to coach young kids on a Sunday from the ages of five up to 11,\u201d Mr Hughes told the Irish News.<\/p>\n

\"AA fundraiser to contribute towards the cost of bring Ryan Lowry home from Tenerife has raised nearly \u00a310,000. PICTURE: GOFUNDME <\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing about him that everyone who knew him says, he was always smiling and that\u2019s why it is such a shock.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Kevin Bell Trust <\/a>is helping out, they\u2019re a well respected charity and do a lot of good work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gofundme had been started as a spur of the moment thing you do to try and help out, but we didn\u2019t realise how much people would donate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all just can\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cI know a lot of the kids we work with, like us, are in complete shock. The younger they are it makes it very hard for them to understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHis daughter Miya actually took part in the boxing classes he took on Sunday and he was very involved in her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just so hard for them all at the minute.\u201d<\/p>\n

A further tribute on the club\u2019s page spoke of the \u201cmonumental loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYour infectious laugh, smile and kind heart will never be forgotten. The gym will never be the same without your craic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanking those who donated, the message added: \u201cRyan\u2019s memory will live on in our hearts, in our club, and in the lives of everyone who had the privilege of knowing him. <\/p>\n

\u201cRest easy, Ryan. You will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Lowry\u2019s grandmother Ann also commented: \u201cThank you all for the lovely messages…I know he\u2019s going to be missed a lot. I know I am missing him already.\u201d<\/p>\n

Funeral arrangements are to be announced at a later date, with donations in lieu of flowers to be made to the Kevin Bell Trust, care of PJ Dallat & Sons funeral Directors in Ballycastle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friends have spoken of their shock after the sudden death of a \u201cloving and kind\u201d father and boxing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[232878,2560,101,46197,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-701309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-ballycastle","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-tenerife","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}