Tributes to 'true gentleman' Dessie Keogh who died aged sixty four

Soccer in Fermanagh is in mourning after a member of one among its most influential households died out of the blue.

The passing of Dessie Keogh on the age of sixty four has shocked the county normally and the village of Lisnarick particularly.

Dessie performed for Lisnarick FC, the membership that his brother Brendan helped type, from the late Nineteen Sixties till it folded within the early Nineteen Eighties.

He was described as a robust and cultured centre-half and later he retained an in depth reference to Lisnarick after the membership was reformed.

He was a well known determine within the space and the proprietor of a printing enterprise.

The Keogh household is synonymous with soccer in Fermanagh and performed an enormous half within the enlargement of the sport within the space.

The Brendan Keogh Youth League is known as in reminiscence of Dessie’s late brother, who was additionally the secretary of the Fermanagh and Western FA for an amazing a few years.

His surviving brother Peter can also be the president of the Lisnarick membership.

“The phrase gentleman is used too typically, however Dessie Keogh was a real gentleman,” stated Lisnarick FC chairman Neil Armstrong.

“I all the time appeared ahead to seeing him coming to our matches and he had nice conversations with everybody he met.

“He was an actual stalwart within the membership and within the village and his loss can be felt by everybody who knew him.”

Dessie was additionally a eager golfer and his loss has been felt at Enniskillen Golf Membership, the place he was a member.

He’s survived by spouse Catherine and daughters Roisin and Aisling.