KILDARE: Tributes paid to Naas solicitor

Tributes were paid to the late Cairbre Finan Snr., the Naas-based solicitor who passed away in mid-September.

Mr Finan was a partner at the Wilkinson & Price law firm.

Addressing a sitting of Naas District Court, solicitor David Powderly remarked that Mr Finan was a hugely respected colleague “who practised as a solicitor right up to his passing.”

His comments were endorsed by Sgt Brian Jacob on behalf of the gardaí and Judge Desmond Zaidan as well as the Courts Service staff.

Mr Finan's son, Cairbre Óg, practices criminal law at Naas District Court as well as other courts.

Mr Finan, a native of Castlerea, Co Roscommon, is also survived by his wife Mary (Moll), children Peter, Conor and Orlaith, daughters-in-law Elannie and Nicola, son-in-law Barry, grandchildren Oscar, Lochlann, Róisín, Anthea, Clodagh, Luca and Beau, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives, colleagues and friends.

His funeral took place on Thursday September 21 to Newlands Cross Crematorium following requiem mass at the Church of Our Lady and St. David, Naas.