Former TD Donie Cassidy has paid tribute to well-known Midlands hotelier and businessman Christy Maye, who passed away on Saturday following a short illness.
The 83-year-old was credited with helping to found the Tullamore Show.
He also brought Disc A Go Go, Ireland’s first disco, which began in Mullingar and spread nationwide, in the 1960s.
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He owned the Greville Arms in Mullingar and the Bridge House Hotel in Tullamore.
Cassidy described Maye as a generous man who left a lasting mark on the region.
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Christy's funeral mass will take place on Tuesday at 12 noon in the Church of the Immaculate Conception Forgney, with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery.
