Tears flowed at the funeral of an Irish soldier who died in a skydiving accident in Spain – months before he was to be married.
Acting Sergeant Major Declan ‘Doc’ O’Connell, 54, died near Seville on February 12 during an off-duty parachuting tragedy after 33 years in the Defences Forces, which he joined on February 14, 1990.
His devastated loved ones, including fiancée Audrey O’Grady, their 14-year-old daughter Niamh, and his parents Mary and Iggy led mourners yesterday into St Brigid’s Church at The Curragh, Kildare, for his military funeral.
