Huge shock as the daughter of a Tipperary hurling great passes away suddenly

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Nuala Nealon of Burgess died suddenly late last week

There was great sadness in Burgess GAA club and Tipperary GAA in general last week after the news broke on Friday night of the death of Nuala Nealon - daugther of Tipperary hurling great Donie Nealon.

The unexpected news shocked everyone in Tipperary GAA and she was a much-loved officer with Munster Council and served as a volunteer in numerous guises during her life.

She passed away unexpectedly, at University Hospital Limerick, and is predeceased by her beloved mother Kitty (nee Crowley), and her sister Aideen.

Much loved and sadly missed by her heartbroken father Donie, her twin sister Sinead and her sister Eimear, brothers Declan, Sean, Donal and Kevin, brother-in-law Darragh Brady, sisters-in-law Oonagh, Claire and Dolores, Kevin’s partner Edyta, her cherished nieces and Nephews Aideen, Keith, Danielle, Michael, Chloe, Rory, David and Gemma, aunts, uncles, cousins, relatives, her work colleagues, her special friend Maeve and a wide circle of friends.

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