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Leitrim farm accident victim described as "one of life's gentlemen"

Feb 6, 2025 14:04
By Eoghan Murphy
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Leitrim farm accident victim described as "one of life's gentlemen"
Fergus Geelan lost his life

Fergus Geelan lost his life in Mohill on Tuesday between 3.30 in the afternoon and 8 o'clock in the evening.

Tributes continue to be paid to a popular Leitrim man in his 60s who died in a farm accident.

Fergus Geelan lost his life in Mohill on Tuesday between 3.30 in the afternoon and 8 o'clock in the evening.

It's understood he got trapped under a bale of hay and was pronounced dead the scene.

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Local councillor and neighbour Sean McGowan described Fergus as 'one of life's great gentlemen.'

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