Ray D'Arcy prepares to say goodbye to his mam as funeral details announced
The RTE star has been left heartbroken after the mother-of-nine passed away "peacefully" at Naas Hospital in Co Kildare on July 18.
Her death notice reads that she will be "sadly missed" by her "loving children" Joe, Jackie, Ray, Hughie, Anne, Paul, Marianne, Claire and Joan, sons and daughters in law, her 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren, sister Angela, brother Bill, sisters in law, nieces, nephews, extended family, neighbours and friends.
In 2001, Mary D'Arcy interviewed and sang with star of The Pogues, Shane MacGowan, in her kitchen in Co Kildare for her son's radio show, The Ray D'Arcy Show, which was airing on Today FM at the time.
In 2019, Ray said he didn't hug his mum until six or seven years ago.
He said that having children changed his view of the world and brought him even closer to his mother.
"I didn't hug my mum until six or seven years ago," Ray told the RTE Guide at the time.
"But I hug her all the time now and tell her that I love her. I'd never have done that years ago but as you get older, especially when you have your own children, you see the world differently.
"Also when you have children, you want to keep the generations connected and you feel more of a pull home. You want your children to be part of this family and to know the mother that you knew."
Ray said his mother would've been referred to locally as a "saint".
"She's probably referred to locally as a saint. My mum is amazing, a very thoughtful, insightful and intelligent woman. She's now in her 80s but travels to Dublin most Wednesdays to go to a movie and can chat about any current news story."
Her removal by Glennons Funeral Directors will be on Wednesday morning to arrive at St. Brigids Parish Church, Kildare Town for requiem mass at 11am.
Burial will take place afterwards in St. Conleths cemetery, Kildare Town.
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