Danny Delaney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Died | 14 April 2020 | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Stadbally (football) Ratheniska (hurling) | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
c. 1960s | Laois | ||
Danny Delaney (died 14 April 2020) was a Gaelic footballer and administrator. He played for Laois and Stradbally during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
He was from Cork Road in Stradbally.[1] With Stradbally, Delaney won both the 1959 and 1963 Laois Intermediate Football Championships.[1][2] He also played hurling for the Ratheniska team.[1][2] In 1973, Delaney was elected vice-chairman of the county board under Sean Ramsbottom.[1] Delaney also served as chairman of the Stradbally club.[1][2]
He died at the Maryborough Centre in Portlaoise of COVID-19 on the morning of 14 April 2020.[1][2][3] He had been there for around three weeks, having spent months in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise.[4] Delaney was one of nine deaths at the Maryborough Centre over the Easter weekend, reducing the number of residents there by one third.[4][5][6] He was buried at Oughaval Cemetery.[6]
His widow later spoke on national television (Prime Time) of his final months.[5][4] She told how Delaney had diabetes, kidney failure and "acute syndrome of the heart", and that he had taken a "massive turn" at Christmas which led to brain damage.[5] Then, in the final two weeks, COVID-19 emerged.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Hartnett, Alan (15 April 2020). "Tributes paid to former Laois footballer following sad passing". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Laois GAA mourn loss of Danny Delaney". Hogan Stand. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Danny Delaney". RIP.ie. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Danny Delaney, Theresa Sherlock, Ger O'Neill and Velma Jackson - some of Covid-19's victims". The Irish Times. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Brave Laois woman praises staff at St Fintan's hospital following sad passing of husband". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Roberts, Sam (17 April 2020). "Grieving widow speaks of husband's last moments with Covid-19 at Irish hospital". Retrieved 17 April 2020.