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Friday, 11 November 2022 06:40

Eoin 'Eoinie' Farrell passed away on July 4th.

A former Westmeath football player will be remembered at a 5K walk this weekend.

Walderstown's Eoin 'Eoinie' Farrell, who was a goalkeeper for county's Leinster Minor Football Championship team in 2000, passed away on July 4th.

The Maryland GAA clubman was more recently known as a selector for Westmeath's minor footballers.

The Eoinie Farrell 5K Walk will kick off from Ardnagrath National School this Saturday, with proceeds going to the South Westmeath Hospice

Eoinie's father, and Westmeath Councillor, Tom Farrell, says GAA was his first love:

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