PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins has led the tributes to Seamus Begley, saying he will remember him for his “talent, his warmth and his sense of fun, that lasting impression which he left on all those who he met.”
Mr Begley – one of Ireland’s accomplished accordion player – died on Monday at the age of 73.
President Michael D Higgins said Mr Begley played at the Áras an Uachtaráin at many State dinners, including the State dinner held in honour of the King and Queen of the Netherlands in June 2019.
