Heartbroken mourners at Dublin “all-time great” Brian Mullins’ funeral were told heaven is now “decked in sky blue”.
Brian died last Friday, aged 68, at St Francis Hospice in Raheny, north Dublin, following a short illness after a brain tumour cancer diagnosis. His partner Elizabeth, wife Helen, sons Bernard, Padraig and Nathan, daughter Jackie, and 10 grandchildren were among his loved ones yesterday for the funeral Mass at St Vincent de Paul Church in nearby Marino and burial in Balgriffin.
Brian’s wife Helen and seven of their grandchildren delivered gifts to the altar at the start of the Mass, including bicycle enthusiast Brian’s helmet, an Irish language book, photos of Brian with his grandchildren, Dublin and St Vincent’s GAA jerseys, and a plate from Donegal. Fr Eamonn Bourke told them that meeting GAA legend Brian, who worked as a school teacher before becoming Director of Sport at University College Dublin in his last job, was like a dream.
