Tributes paid to giant of Drogheda retail Jim Corcoran
Drogheda has lost a true legend with the sad news of the passing of Jim Corcoran, whose family ran a popular business in the heart of the town for decades.
Jim died peacefully, in the wonderful care of the staff at the Beacon Hospital, Dublin surrounded by his loving family.
Predeceased, recently, by his beloved wife Mabel and both now reunited in Heaven with their first born baby son Denis, his mother Jean, father Bernard, twin sister Ann, their aunt Leila and sisters-in-law Helen and Denise. Beloved father of Averill, grandfather of Ava and Callan and father-in-law of Craig.
Reposing at F Watson & Son Funeral Directors, Dyer St (A92 W7EP) on Tuesday evening from 4.30pm until 7.30pm. Funeral Mass on Wednesday morning at 11am in Church of the Sacred Heart, Laytown with burial afterwards in Reilig Mhuire, Piltown.
The Corcoran name is synonymous with Dyer Street since Bernard Corcoran set up shop there in 1939 and later went on to also develop a public house trade.
“Jim Corcoran’s legacy is his name,” said Chamber CEO Hubert Murphy paying tribute. “It will live on in what he achieved for Drogheda and its people and the work he did on behalf of a place he loved. With Jim’s passing, a great void has been left for his family and friends. We salute him with two simple, but precious words - thank you,”
The chamber honoured Jim with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 as a token for the years of toil he put in on behalf of the town and its people.
"We won’t see too many characters like Jim again and the world will be a lot poorer for that,” added Hubert. “To his family, friends and former colleagues, we send our deepest sympathy. Jim will always hold a special place in the annals of the chamber and that’s only fitting.”
Jim was also synonymous with the Bellewstown Races, and he had retired from the committee in 2022 after years of dedication to racing at the Hill of Crockafotha.
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