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Conor Coyle

Co Tyrone football team bringing dads grieving from baby loss together

A Co Tyrone football team has been supporting men grieving from baby loss locally for the last four years.

Sands United FC Dungannon is one of several teams set up throughout Northern Ireland in recent years in order to give bereaved dads, brothers and uncles a supportive environment to get out and socialise and play sport.

Dungannon man Brian McLarnon experienced his own personal loss following the death of his son Declan in 2016, and said he initially set up the club as a way for him to cope with his own grief.

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