Tributes to farmer who died after fall through shed roof in Co Limerick

"The farmer has been named locally as Eamonn Sheehan (58) from Athlacca in Co Limerick. He has been remembered as a loyal community member, great farmer and devout family man. Locals said Mr Sheehan was a gentleman, and served on the Board of Management of the local Primary school in Athlacca. Athlacca NS described him as '' a true gentleman and we thought highly of him in school as a parent and as a treasured member of our Board of Management''."

"In a statement his family said they ''would like to say thank you to all of their neighbours, first responders, air ambulance service, paramedics, gardaí, fire service and all who attended to Eamonn''. Gardai said emergency services got a distress call at 12.54pm on Tuesday about a man suffering a fall on a farm in Clogher, Athlacca. Emergency services including the air ambulance, gardaí and four units of the fire brigade - two from Kilmallock"

"Mr Sheehan died on Wednesday evening at Cork University Hospital (CUH). He is survived by his father John, his wife Margaret (née Coleman) and five children Anna, Ellie, Edmund, Cormac and Davy, as well as two brothers, four sisters and a wide circle of family, friends and neighbours. Mr Sheehan will repose in Hawe-O'Keeffe's Funeral Home in Charleville today from 5pm to 7pm with prayers at 4.30pm."

Eamonn Sheehan, 58, of Athlacca in Co Limerick, suffered a fall on a farm in Clogher, Athlacca and died on Wednesday evening at Cork University Hospital (CUH). Emergency services including the air ambulance, gardaí and four fire brigade units attended after a distress call at 12.54pm. Family thanked neighbours, first responders, air ambulance service, paramedics, gardaí and the fire service for their assistance. He is survived by his father John, his wife Margaret and five children, plus siblings and a wide circle of family and neighbours. Funeral arrangements include repose at Hawe-O'Keeffe's Funeral Home and a Requiem Mass in Dromin. The Health and Safety Authority is investigating, noting that over 40% of workplace fatalities occur on farms, with an average of 14 fatal farm incidents per year and 17 confirmed farm fatalities so far this year.

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