Trinity College said Taylor could lay claim to be ‘Ireland’s greatest ever sporting champion’.

His daughter Síabhra said her father’s passing was “very sudden” but “he had been unwell in recent years, so he had spent the last several years in a nursing home in Dublin”.

Acclaimed Irish authors Colm Tóibín and Michael Magee are coming to Tramore Library for a special appearance.  The pair are appearing as part of the The Art of Reading Book Club, organised in part by Ireland Libraries.

The author died peacefully on Saturday following a long illness, a statement from her agent and publishing house said.

‘Long Island’ is the much-anticipated sequel to Colm Tóibín’s 2009 novel, ‘Brooklyn’, which was adapted into a film in 2015