FAREWELL TO GENEROUS KIND MICHAEL

Priest urges mourners to remember his life & ‘not way he died’

- BY REBECCA BLACK

LOVED Farmer Michael Gaine BY REBECCA BLACK THE funeral of murdered Michael Gaine heard yesterday he was a "kind and generous" family man who lived life to the full.

The 56-year-old's partial remains were found on his Co Kerry farm last month.

Mourners were told: "Remember him for the way he lived, not the way he died."

MURDERED sheep farmer Michael Gaine has been remembered as a loving relative and proud Co Kerry man.

The town of Kenmare was rocked last month when, following the disap-pearance of Michael Gaine, human remains found on his land were confirmed to be his.

Mourners packed Holy Cross Church in the town yesterday morning to pay their final respects to the 56-year-old and support his family.

His remains were brought into the church by his wife Janice in a wood box topped with sheep's wool.

Speaking on behalf of the family ahead of the funeral service, Mr Gaine's cousin Eoghan Clarke remem-bered him as a “proud Kerry man and an even prouder Kenmare man”.

He said he will be missed terribly to applause from those gathered.

In his homily, parish priest George Hayes described Kenmare as a place of enchanting beauty, but said into their “peaceful, idyllic, sylvan exist-ence” recently came something terrible.

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He urged mourners to remember Michael for the way he lived his life, and not for the way he died.