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Wednesday, 2nd October, 2024. Vol. 17, Issue 40 • 9A, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth Tel: 042 932 0888 | Email: editorial@dundalkleader.com; advertising@dundalkleader.com
Beloved Maxi left his Mark
especially the town’s football club Lourdes hospital having been in inTributes pour was unrivalled and his positivity tensive care for over a week. and good nature left their mark on Condolences were offered not just in for hugely many people around Dundalk as was from Dundalk supporters and peowitnessed by the outpouring of mes- ple from the town but also from supand stories following his death. porters from other clubs who sent popular Dundalk sages Maxi was probably best known their love to the man who didn’t befor his love of Dundalk FC and his lieve in rivalries. Stories emerged of FC supporter standing amongst the club’s sup- all the help he had given to various
By Paul Byrne TRIBUTES have been sent from far and wide following the passing of Mark ‘Maxi’ Kavanagh on Friday evening. Dundalk is famed for it’s large array of larger than life characters and Maxi was one of the biggest. His love for his town and
porters was shown on Friday night in Oriel Park by the Shedside Army ahead of the Bohemians game, who unfurled a massive banner which read ‘Maxi, Dundalk Loves You More Than You Will Know’. Tragically, as the game finished, word quickly filtered around the ground that Maxi had passed away in the
people in town down through the years including visiting the elderly in hospital to raise their spirits, helping out with local charities including Save Our Homeless and SOSAD as well as helping the Irish Football Transplant Team to raise money to help them play in an overseas tournament. See Page 2. Mark ‘Maxi’ Kavanagh.
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