Dickie Rock's wife Judy Rock was described as a "truly wonderful person" and a "beautiful mam" who loved to stay out of the limelight at her funeral mass today.
The mother-of-six sadly passed away, aged 75, in St Vincent's Hospital on Tuesday after contracting Covid.
Celebrities, friends at family gathered in the Church of the Annunciation in Rathfarnham for an 11.30am funeral mass to remember the wife of the Dublin showband legend.
Phil Coulter, Twink, Paddy Cole and Finbar Furey were just some of the famous faces present at the funeral.
Much-loved singer Dickie, 85, was hugged by his children and grandchildren throughout the extremely emotional service.
The soulmates had been married for nearly six decades and their son revealed in the speeches that it had been love at first sight for Dickie when he first set eyes on Judy.
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Her grandkids brought lavender to the altar as well as photos remembering important aspects of her life.
Judy's love of Spain was referenced throughout the ceremony, a place where the couple had many happy memories, and the family had planned to go on holiday there together this summer before Judy became ill.
Judy's youngest son Peter said: "I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the doctors and staff at St Vincent's Hospital who did all they could to help mum. To us, mum was our rock and the glue that kept us all together.
"We were all booked to go to Spain this summer for a big family get together. Up to seven weeks ago, we were planning where to go and what to do. This has been tragically taken away from us.
"Mum and dad have been together for 57 years. They set a shining example of the kind of unconditional love required to see a marriage through good times and bad. Once dad had set his eyes on her, the most beautiful lady he had ever seen - it was love at first sight for him.
"Mum did everything with dad and for dad. Mum kept the show on the road through thick and thin but I know how proud she was of dad and all he had achieved.
Her brother Tony said that she loved being just another name while living in Spain and was always happier to stay in the shadows.
He stressed that family was everything to the Dublin woman and that she was always by Dickie's side.
He also remembered Judy's son Joseph who had died in 1992 at the young age of 25 and said that Judy was always happiest when surrounded by her family.
Tony said: "In '65 she met Richard and in '66 they were married. As was the practice in those days, Joseph came along in '67 closely followed by Jason, John and Richie in quick succession. After four sons, she finally got her wish and had her lovey daughter Sarah, followed by little baby Peter.
"The only thing that gave her as much joy as her own children was the arrival of her seven grandchildren many years later. She doted on them all but she had a special place for her first grandchild Ben - her little sunshine.
"After Joseph was born, it became obvious that something was amiss. He wasn't meeting his milestones and so forth. Judy and Richard coped fantastically with this challenge like many other families. There were far fewer supports then as there are nowadays.
"Joseph passed on in '92 aged 25, a fine, big man."
"Every family has its ups and downs, the highs and lows. The Rocks were no different. Judy never liked the limelight. She was happiest staying in the shadows.
"I think it was the anonymity of Spain that Judy loved. Out there, she was simply Ms. Average.
"No one will miss her more than her soulmate of nearly six decades- Richard. Today is the celebration of a truly wonderful person. It's very common practice in eulogies to say how wonderful he or she was regardless of who or what they were.
"In Judy's case, it's all true. She really was a good person with strong old-fashioned values - honesty, trust and decency."
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