Tragic news.
22-year-old Philip Leahy has passed away, succumbing to his injuries received during a swimming accident in the New Jersey, Ocean City last week.
Philip was in America on a J1, and following the accident, the community of his hometown of Ballyhooly set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for his medical support.
The page had already raised over €90,000, but sadly Philip passed away in the late hours of Sunday night.
Philip was a keen GAA player and had captained Ballyhooly to their first ever County Junior B Football title last year. tweeted out their condolences this morning.
Playing for CIT during his time there, the club tweeted out their condolences this morning.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of @CIT_ie student Philip Leahy. We keep his family,friends & @BallyhoolyGAA in our prayers
— Cork IT GAA (@corkitgaa) August 7, 2017
