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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Nicola Donnelly

'Role model' Irish teacher killed in M7 tragedy remembered at heartbreaking funeral mass

The funeral of a secondary school teacher who tragically died after being struck by a vehicle while walking on the M7 in Co Kildare has heard “there aren't enough colours of the rainbow to paint a complete picture of him.”

Brendan Fitzpatrick, 24, of Powerwood, Thomastown in Kilkenny, who was described as a “role model and kind, caring, conscientious young man” died after he was struck by “one or more” vehicles on the M7 in Naas in the early hours of the morning.

It’s understood Brendan, who was a Graphics and Engineering teacher at St Kevin’s Community College in Dunlavin, Co Wicklow, had been walking to his home in Naas when the tragedy occurred in the early hours of last Saturday morning.

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