“A soldier, a boxer, a friend, but most of all a brave, courageous and incessantly loyal man to his children and friends.” This was how Teresa McKevitt described her late father Danny McKevitt, at his funeral mass in The Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar, last Friday morning, 19 January.
Daniel (Danny McKevitt) of Ashfield, Mullingar, and formerly of the Irish Defence Forces, Columb Barracks, Mullingar was described as a man of many talents and loves. His talents including boxing, darts and teaching; his loves including family, friends, Willow – his canine companion and the Irish language.