Coolaney/Mullinabreena GAA Club was saddened by the news last night that Walter Kivlehan, our club President, has passed away. 

He has been synonymous with the GAA in Mullinabreena for more than fifty years. In the early nineteen sixties Walter came in as Club Secretary to revive the club. He remained as club secretary for more than thirty years, a period which saw the GAA in the area put on a firm footing. He, along with other committee members, organised the purchase of the club grounds in 1977. This was a major milestone in the history of the club. 

Walter has also had major involvement in the GAA at county level. He was a selector with the successful Sligo minor team of 1968 which won the Connacht Championship and reached the All-Ireland Final. He was secretary of the County Minor Board for almost two decades through the 1970’s and 1980’s and Assistant-Secretary of the County Board for twenty five years from 1970 to 1994. He was a member of Connacht Council from 1995 to 2001. 

The club is very grateful to Walter for his lifelong involvement with the club throughout his life. 

We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife Annie Mai, sons Fr Paul and Walter and his extended family and friends. 

Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé.

Funeral arrangements

Reposing at Morahan's Funeral Home Tubbercurry from 4.30pm on Thursday for arrival to Church of the Sacred Heart, Mullinabreena @ 7.30pm.

Mass on Friday 12noon with burial afterwards in Court Abbey Cemetery.