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<\/p>\nMr McConnell, of Tubird, Cappoquin, died unexpectedly on Friday, July 18.<\/p>\n
He was the dad of \u00c9rin, Fionn, Fiadh and Caragh, son of Ray and Sylvia (nee Mason), brother of Kate Ahearne, Sally and Jane McConnell, and Mark\u2019s partner was Mary O\u2019Neill.<\/p>\n
Mr McConnell will lie in repose at Aidan Walsh and Sons Funeral Home, Cappoquin, on Monday evening, July 21, from 5pm to 7pm. Funeral mass will take place on Tuesday, July 22, at 12 noon in St. Mary\u2019s Church Cappoquin, followed by burial in St Declan\u2019s Cemetery, Cappoquin.<\/p>\n
BUDO self-defence and kickboxing has announced that, due to the untimely passing of Mr McConnell, they will be closing the gym on Monday and Tuesday as a mark of respect for Mark and his family. They will be reopening again on Wednesday, July 23.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark has transformed hundreds of lives within Dungarvan, as well as the whole of county Waterford, both mentally and physically,\u201d said a spokesperson.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has been a loud voice for men’s mental health and wellbeing and has always had people’s interest at heart. You will be terribly missed. Rest in peace my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Portlaw Camogie Club said everyone in the club \u201care deeply saddened to have learned of the sudden and unexpected passing of Mark McConnell.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark was a valued member of our Intermediate Camogie Team, working with the team this season as their strength and conditioning coach. Mark has made a huge impact on the team and will be deeply missed by all the girls and management.<\/p>\n
“Portlaw Camogie Club would like to offer their deepest sympathy and condolences to Mark\u2019s Family and Friends at this extremely difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Mark McConnell was the strength and conditioning coach for many clubs in Waterford and a campaigner for physical and mental health<\/p>\n
Dungarvan Cycling Club said it would like to extend its condolences to the McConnell\u2019s family on the passing of their son Mark. \u201cMark was a friend of the club and a sponsor for a number of years and his gym logo still adorns our club kit. Condolences to his family, friends and the many more that knew him through his work.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Lismore Camogie Senior team said they were very lucky to have Mark as part of their backroom team for a couple of years where he took the girls for strength and conditioning in Tourin and his Dungarvan premises.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was involved when they won the County Senior title in 2017 and went on to win the Munster title the same year. He loved wearing the black and amber on match day. Mark had a great knowledge of his profession and the girls enjoyed these tough sessions. There was plenty of laughs, hard work, eye rolling – from Mark – was all guaranteed,\u201d said a spokesperson.<\/p>\n
Roanmore GAA and Camogie Club expressed their \u201csincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends\u201d of Mark McConnell. \u201cMark began his involvement with our adult teams five years ago as our strength and conditioning coach and brought with him a wealth of knowledge and professionalism to our club.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark and his work will always be part of our clubs history and we will strive to continue on the path of physical preparation Mark instilled in our teams. Rest easy Mark from your friends in Roanmore and thanks for your efforts to continuously improve Roanmore GAA and Camogie Club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freelance professional photographer, Noel Browne, said on Sunday: \u201cI woke up this morning to hear the terrible news about the death of this gem of a man, Mark McConnell from Cappoquin.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn this All-Ireland Sunday where we are all looking forward to this great sporting occasion. I however will be thinking more about this man. Some deaths really hit home and this is just one of them, what a loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a man that met life head on, he tried to deal with difficult situations in his life by working on himself, helping others and being a great father. He gave so much time in helping others cope with life through sport, health and fitness.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was the strength and conditioning coach at a lots of different clubs and anyone involved with those clubs will remember him as a dedicated and great addition to their backroom teams,\u201d added Mr Browne.<\/p>\n
He will be mourned by his children, father, mother, grandmother Joan and grandson of the late Dick Mason, James and Grace McConnell, brother-in-law Shane Ahearne, Sally\u2019s partner Gordon and Jane\u2019s partner Alex, nieces Lily-Mae and Zoey, nephews Darragh and Callan, the mother of Mark\u2019s children Jemma O\u2019Donnell, aunts, uncles, relatives, neighbours and many friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mr McConnell, of Tubird, Cappoquin, died unexpectedly on Friday, July 18. He was the dad of \u00c9rin, Fionn,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[25567,337,97],"class_list":{"0":"post-30295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-eoin-kelleher","9":"tag-fitness","10":"tag-health"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}