TOM Ronan, 94, of Rocklow, Fethard, Co Tipperary, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 25th at South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel. His life was celebrated at the Holy Trinity Parish Church in Fethard, where people from all walks of Irish equestrian life were represented, with members of the bloodstock, hunting and eventing communities turning out in force.

Born in 1923 in Kildorrery, Co Cork, Tom started his working life in the National Bank in Cork. In those days a job in the bank was a job for life, so there was considerable surprise when Tom decided to leave at the age of 23 and move to South Tipperary and set up a very successful farming operation and agri-business with his brother Louis.