Heroic soldier Sean Rooney is to be laid to rest with full military honours, the Defence Forces said yesterday.
The private, whose remains were flown home from Lebanon yesterday morning, will be buried on Thursday in Co Donegal. The Requiem Mass for the 23-year-old will be held at the Holy Family Church, Dundalk, Co Louth – where the soldier spent much of his short life and where he was based with the Army’s 27th Infantry Battalion.
But the army said his burial service will take place at All Saints Catholic Church, Colehill, Co Donegal, at around 3.30pm. Although born in Dundalk, the soldier moved to Newtowncunningham at the age of 12 with his family – although he kept strong ties to the Co Louth town.
