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Jody Gormley: Funeral of former Tyrone and Trillick player to take place on Thursday

The footballer-turned manager died on Monday at the age of 53

Jody Gormley, who died on Monday aged 53.
Jody Gormley, who died on Monday aged 53.

A funeral for former Tyrone footballer and All-Ireland finalist Jody Gormley is to take place on Thursday.

The 53-year-old father-of-three died on Monday at the age of 53.

The former Trillick GAC player, who had been living in Belfast with his family, had been diagnosed with liver cancer earlier this year.

His death was announced on Monday in a social media post by his brother Damien.

Jody had been part of the Tyrone squad that lost to Dublin in the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Final.

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He went on to manage the Antrim senior football team in 2007 for two seasons.

As a club manager he led Trillick to victory last year in the Tyrone Senior Club Championship.



A death notice described him as the “Much loved husband of Deirdre (Winters), devoted father of Áine, James and Niamh”.

It adds: “Beloved son of Sheila and the late Eugene. Cherished brother of Damien (Paula), Anita Corrigan (Fergal) and Eoin (Mairead). Son in law of Tony and the late Phyllis. Brother in law to Deirdre’s siblings.”

A funeral will take place in Belfast’s Good Shepherd Church in the Ormeau area at 10am on Thursday.

A burial will later take place at St Macartan’s graveyard in Trillick.