Former footballer: Colin Farrell’s father Eamon is dead

Colin Farrell (48) lost his father Eamon. The former football player died “peacefully after a long, brave, endured illness” on April 9th ​​in the Dublin Beaumont Hospital. He continued to “die” in the loving care of his family “and the hospital staff. he is said to have turned 83.

The Hollywood star’s father leaves his wife Eileen and his sons Eamon, Catherine, Claudine and Colin. “Sadly missed by Rita, the stepchildren William, Keith, Sandra, Aidan, Deborah, Karl, Ciarán and Gary, the grandchildren James, Ellen, Henry, Stella and Oscar, the in -laws and partners, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbors and friends”, adds to death. The funeral service will take place on April 12th.

Eamon Farrell’s former football club Shamrock Rovers has already paid tribute to him. “Eamon came to the Rovers from the famous Home Farm school in 1960 at the age of 18,” said the club. “Eamonn was a semi-defender and Irish junior international. During his time in Milltown, he played alongside his older brother Tommy.” Both were part of the Shamrock Rovers team, which won the Irish Fai Cup in 1962. 32,000 spectators are said to have followed the final of the Shamrock Rovers against Shelbourne FC.

But football was not only part of Eamon Farrell’s career. “Dad played football until he was 26 or 27; then he had a fish and chip shop at a golf course, The Little Chip Inn. I mean it seriously. He never let us forget how funny that was,” said Colin Farrell, according to the “Daily Mail”. “Then he had a restaurant. In Dublin he has a natural food store called Down to Earth”, he is said to have revealed.