Former Roscommon County Council Cathaoirleach to be laid to rest today
The late Tom Callaghan.
Former Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council Tom Callaghan will be laid to rest later this morning.
Mr Callaghan from Rathmoyle, Kilmurry and late of Grangemore, Boyle passed away peacefully on Tuesday at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, aged 99.
He will be laid to rest in Rathmoyle cemetery following 11 o’clock Funeral Mass this morning at St. Paul's Church, Kilmurray.
Predeceased by his wife Kathleen (Katie), his son, Gerry and daughter-in-law Nuala, he is survived by his daughters, Aileen and Eithne; sons, Ollie and Cllr Liam Callaghan; sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchild, nephews, nieces, cousins, relatives and friends.
Mr Callaghan was first elected to Roscommon County Council for Fine Gael in 1979. He lost out on a seat in the 1985 local elections but was re-elected in 1991.
A former Cathaoirleach of the council, Mr Callaghan bowed out of politics in 1999. He served as a member of the Roscommon Vocational Education Committee and the River Suck Drainage Committee.
He is the father of sitting Fine Gael councillor Liam Callaghan.
