Student who died in cliff fall is laid to rest on his 23rd birthday ‘Conor succeeded in squashing a hundred years in to to 23 years,’ mother says Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 16:11 Updated: Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 16:12 Olivia Kelleher
A biomedical engineering student and lifeguard who died after falling down coastal cliffs in Garretstown, West Cork during a camping trip with friends over the weekend was laid to rest on what would have been his 23rd birthday. At Conor King’s funeral mass in St Patrick’s Church in Rochestown, Cork on Wednesday, his mother Maura told mourners her son had lived up to his surname.