AT the funeral in Ballinrobe, Co Mayo, last weekend of the late and great Robbie O’Grady, his close friend Denis Kelleher paid a fitting tribute to a packed congregation in St Mary’s Church in praise of this much-loved family man, friend to all and two-time World Cup winner. “I got to know Robbie in the 1960s and my first impressions were of a very helpful man particularly in those early years following my nomination as secretary of the local angling club. Much later we would travel regularly to competitions on Conn and Melvin…
Irish Times, 01/12/14. Read the full article ‘Angling notes: Fitting tribute made to Robbie O’Grady‘.
