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Article: The final farewell to a warrior; Marching in tears: The family of Alan Boyce, from Meelick in Co. Clare, follow his military funeral detail through Limerick city.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2008
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Byline: Kathryn Hayes
AN Army private who died in a drowning accident in Kilkenny last weekend had the heart of a soldier, mourners at his funeral were told.
Private Alan Boyce, 21, was buried with full military honours in Limerick yesterday.
He was laid to rest beside his older brother Thomas, also an Army private, who was killed at the age of 19 in a car crash.
Hundreds of mourners, many in tears, packed St Munchins Church where Army chaplain Fr S?amus Madigan said the family had been plunged into darkness following the death of a second child. He said: The shock and pain to lose a second son and brother so tragically must be a great darkness for them. ...