Longford Vintage Club pays tribute to 'good friend' following passing

Longford Vintage Club have paid tribute to “good friend” Michael Hogan who passed away following a short illness yesterday, Wednesday November 4.

Michael, from Eyrecourt in Galway, was a lifelong enthusiast of vintage machinery and had carried out most of the restoration work on Longford Vintage Club’s Field Marshall tractor.

A founder of Eyrecourt Vintage, Michael was held in high esteem for his knowledge of vintage.

He was described in the condolences as “a gentleman true and true” with one person recalling how he kindly gave “a lot of us apprentice mechanics a great start working evenings and nights with him down through the years.”

Another remembered him as “a great business man and leading Eyrecourt Vintage Rally man,”

Michael is predeceased by his son, Vincent, mother, Nancy and father, Vincent.

The notice of his passing wrote, “The loss of Michael is immeasurable and he will be forever cherished by his wife Carmel, son Brendan, daughter Melissa, grandchildren Shane, Jamie, Samantha, Kevin, Emily, Vincent, Conor, Adam and Chloe, son-in-law Declan and Brendan’s partner, Frances, extended family and wide circle of friends.”

Michael will repose in Eyrecourt Community Hall, H53 DY84, on Friday November 6 from 3pm to 6pm.

His Requiem mass will take place on Saturday November 7 at 1:30pm in St Brendan's Church, Eyrecourt with burial afterwards in Meelick Cemetery (H53 H728).

House private on Saturday morning.