This article is from page 3 of the 2014-01-28 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 3 JPG
THE DEATH of former postman and electricity meter reader Tony McElroy who was found dead in the Ballynacally Community Centre car park on Saturday morning last was one of natural causes.
Gardaí said they are no longer treating his death as suspicious, as a post mortem carried out the University Hospital Limerick on Saturday afternoon showed he probably died from a heart attack.
Mr McElroy, who was 61 years old and from Knockatunna, Kilmaley, had been socialising in Daly’s Bar in Balynacally on Friday night.
His body was found the following morning last 9.45am beside his car.
Gardaí at Kilrush were called and began investigating the circumstances around the sudden death.
The scene was preserved and the Offices of the State Pathologist was contacted, while Mr McElroy’s remains were removed from the scene and brought to Limerick Regional Hospital where the post mortem took place.
It is understood that the results showed the West Clare man died as a result of a heart attack.
Local people paid tribute to the man they got to know well when he worked in the area as the meter reader for the ESB.
He was also recognised as a keen card player and a man who enjoyed music sessions.
Mr McElroy’s funeral Mass will take place today (Tuesday) at 11am in Kilmaley Church followed by burial in Mount Temple Cemetery, Kilmaley.