TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN paid after the passing of former Tyrone footballer and Antrim manager Jody Gormley.
The 53-year-old revealed in October after the Tyrone county final that he had been diagnosed with liver cancer.
He managed the senior footballers of his native club in that game, where they lost narrowly to Errigal Ciaran, the team that went on yesterday to win the Ulster final in Armagh.
Last year, Gormley was in charge when his Trillick side were crowned Tyrone senior football champions.
His managerial career saw him at the helm of the Antrim senior footballers and the school teacher also guided Abbey CBS Newry to the Hogan Cup, the premier All-Ireland football schools competition, in 2006.
As a player, Gormley won two Ulster senior football medals with Tyrone in 1995 and 1996, while he lined out in the 1995 All-Ireland senior final, the only scorer alongside Peter Canavan for his …