{"id":3990,"date":"2020-05-05T21:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T21:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=3990"},"modified":"2020-05-05T21:00:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T21:00:13","slug":"michael-delaney-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=3990","title":{"rendered":"Michael Delaney RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is with great sadness that Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club announces the death of our friend and member Michael Delaney.<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael died yesterday May fourth after a long illness very bravely fought.<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael was a latecomer to the sport. He soon made up lost ground and turned out to be a formidable Marathon runner. In 2017 he won his category in the Dublin City Marathon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to joining Raheny Shamrocks Michael who was visually impaired and lead a very distinguished career in Para Cycling. He competed in the the tandem event in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael also represented Ireland in the World Championships and World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n

In line with government guidelines, Michael\u2019s funeral will be private. It will be livestreamed at midday on Wednesday, May sixth, and can be accessed here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Burial afterwards in St Fintan\u2019s Cemetery, Sutton.<\/span><\/p>\n

For all who would like to take part in a Guard of Honour for Michael.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are assembling in two places. At the junction of Brookwood Avenue and Harmonstown Road at 11.30am and the entrance to St Anthony’s Church on St Lawrences Road at 12.15. Wear your green jackets.<\/span><\/p>\n

On behalf of everyone in Raheny Shamrock we would like to offer our condolences to his wife Fionnuala, his children Laoise and Riona and the rest of his family. May he rest in peace.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is with great sadness that Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club announces the death of our friend and member Michael Delaney. Michael died yesterday May fourth after a long illness very bravely fought. Michael was a latecomer to the sport. He soon made up lost ground and turned out to be a formidable Marathon runner. In 2017 he won his category in the Dublin City Marathon. Prior to joining Raheny Shamrocks…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3991,"href":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3990\/revisions\/3991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}