Dr. Enda Morley is laid to rest in his native Knock

AN Irish born doctor who died suddenly, aged 57, in his adopted Canada earlier this month was laid to rest today in his native Knock.

Dr. Enda Morley, eldest son of the late Deputy P.J. Morley, who served as a Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo from 1977 until 1997, was buried in Knock Cemetery folllowing Requiem Mass in the local parish church.

Dr. Morley, who worked at Waterford Hospital, Newfoundland, was a well respected family medicine specialist.

A keen cyclist and sports enthusiast, Dr. Morley is survived by his mother, Mary, sister, Cathy, brothers, Patrick and Brian, as well as a large circle of further relatives and friends.

The main celebrant of today's funeral Mass, Fr. Terence Harrington, spoke of the gloom which the sudden death had cast over communities on both sides of the Atlantic, in the west of Ireland and in Canada.