Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers sends special message to family of young Irish fan who died
Aoibhe Byrne, 14, died following an accident in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, back in April, 2022
Big-hearted Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has sent a special message of support to the family of a young fan from Ireland who died in a tragic accident last year.
Aoibhe Byrne, 14, died following an accident in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, back in April, 2022.
A tournament will be played in Aoibhe’s memory in Carrickmacross on Saturday, and will see eight U16 teams compete for the Aoibhe Byrne Memorial Cup.
Aoibhe played GAA with Magheracloone Ladies, basketball with Carrick Cruisers and soccer with Carrick Rovers AFC. She was a student at Colaiste Dun an Ri in Co Cavan.
She was also an avid Celtic fan and supporters of the Glasgow side paid tribute to her during a clash with Rangers shortly after her death.
There was a round of applause in the 14th minute and a banner was also unfurled, which read: “RIP Aoibhe. #Forever14”.
Hoops boss Rodgers has now sent a video to the family of Aoibhe ahead of this weekend’s tournament, reports the Irish Mirror.
Speaking in the clip, the Carnlough native said: “I’m sorry that I’m having to leave a message in this circumstance.
“I know that you’re there to commemorate the memory of your beautiful girl who sadly passed away.
Brendan Rodgers sends message to family of young Irish Celtic fan who died in tragic accident
Aoibhe Byrne, 14, died following an accident in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan
Brendan Rodgers has sent a message to the family of a young Irish Celtic fan who died in a tragic accident last year.
Aoibhe Byrne, 14, died following an accident in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, in April, 2022.
A tournament will be played in Aoibhe’s memory in Carrickmacross this weekend. It sees eight U16s teams compete for the Aoibhe Byrne Memorial Cup on Saturday.
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Aoibhe played GAA with Magheracloone Ladies, basketball with Carrick Cruisers and soccer with Carrick Rovers AFC. She was a student at Colaiste Dun an Ri in Co Cavan.
She was also an avid Celtic fan and supporters of the Glasgow side paid tribute to her during a clash with Rangers shortly after her death.
There was a round of applause in the 14th minute and a banner was also unfurled, which read: “RIP Aoibhe. #Forever14”.
Hoops boss Rodgers has now sent a video to the family of Aoibhe ahead of this weekend’s tournament.
Speaking in the clip, the Co Antrim native said: “I’m sorry that I’m having to leave a message in this circumstance.
“I know that you’re there to commemorate the memory of your beautiful girl who sadly passed away.
“My thoughts are with yourselves for the tragic loss of Aoibhe.
“I know you’re massive Celtic supporters, travel to the games, and young Aoibhe came over and felt the magic of Celtic Park.
“The sadness I’m sure will always be there and having experienced death with close family then of course that never leaves you.
“However, tonight I’m sure is also a celebration and today will be a celebration of Aoibhe’s life.
“On behalf of myself and everyone here at Celtic, I just wanted to pass on my belated condolences for the death of such a beautiful young girl and hopefully her memory you can celebrate for many more years to come.
“I wish you all a great day in celebration and hopefully I get a chance to meet you some time.”
