Funeral of influential Tipperary politician and civil servant to take place this morning

The funeral service for the late Dr Martin Mansergh will take place in Tipperary Town this morning.

The service will be held in St. Mary's Church on Monday, October 6 at 11am followed by a private burial.

In a statement, Bishop Adrian Wilkinson of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory, issued following the passing of Dr Mansergh, extended his sympathies to the Mansergh family.

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The Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory, the Rt Revd Adrian Wilkinson, said:
“It is with great sadness that I heard of the unexpected death of Dr Martin Mansergh while he was on a trip abroad with other retired parliamentarians.

Politicians, journalists and others have rightly paid tribute to his contribution in the political sphere, not least as someone intimately involved in the Peace Process in Northern Ireland.

As a member of the Church of Ireland he took a keen interest in church affairs and was a loyal parishioner of his home parish of Tipperary. Only recently I met him at a special event in Cashel Library to launch a new film celebrating the Bolton Library which was founded by the early 18th-century Archbishop of Cashel, Theophilus Bolton.

I extend my deepest sympathy to his wife Elizabeth, their children and the wider family circle at this time.” 

Dr Martin Mansergh,Friarsfield House, Tipperary Town died in Morocco on Friday September 26.

He was much loved by his wife Liz, children Fiona, Lucy, Danny, Alice and Harriet and will be sadly missed by his grandchildren, brothers and sister and wider family.

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The reception service was held on Sunday  October 5 in St. Mary's Church, Tipperary Town at 7pm.