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Vincent Whelan

GAA clubs pay touching tribute to Dillon Quirke as tragic Tipperary star is remembered

Dillon Quirke was remembered over the weekend with some thoughtful gestures taking place in his honour.

Multiple Tipperary club games were prefaced by the number 11 jerseys from both teams being retired for the day.

The 24-year-old inter-county star died earlier this month after collapsing during a match for his club Clonoulty-Rossmore.

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The GAA community in Tipp and the country as a whole have continually offered their support to his friends and family with these gestures being the latest kind acts carried out in his memory.

Other such powerful acts include his family being presented at his funeral with a sod of the Semple Stadium turf where he was playing when he fell ill.

There was also a vigil held at his club's grounds which brought together a crowd in the hundreds.

Meanwhile on a national scale, TG4 put together a compilation of his highlights playing for both club and county.

The heart-wrenching clip also featured an interview with him in the aftermath of his club winning a county title in 2018 where Dillon spoke of his shock and pride at them achieving such a goal since the last time it happened, his father was lining out for them.

Dillon Quirke (©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo)

In the days after his passing, his uncle and his club's chairman Andrew Fryday, tried to sum up how much Dillon meant to his family and community as a whole.

He told RTE: "He was a pure gentleman, a lovely, lovely young man who had anything you’d want in a hurler. A fine, big strong man. Fit and able, a leader on the field."

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