YOUNG members of Lámh Dhearg GAA club formed a guard of honour as the son of a west Belfast businessman was laid to rest.
Hugh Kennedy junior, whose father was founder of Curley's, died at his home on Upper Malone Road in south Belfast on Thursday.
Hundreds of mourners attended his funeral at St Joseph's Church in Hannahstown yesterday.
Mr Kennedy, who worked for the family business, was been described as "a gentleman" following his sudden death at the age of 48.
The father-of-five is the third member of the immediate family to die in recent years following the death of his brother John in 2007 and mother Deirdre in 2009.
His father Hugh, known as 'Curley', started off with a small fruit and vegetable shop on Glen Road in west Belfast, before opening the Curley's supermarket on the site of what is now the Kennedy Centre on Falls Road in 1981.
The store was credited with keeping hundreds of people in employment throughout some of the bleakest days of The Troubles.
It was built it into a multi-million-pound business, with another supermarket in Dungannon and an annual turnover of more than £50 million, before both outlets were sold to Sainsbury's in 2008.
Players from Lámh Dhearg's under-age teams were among those to take part in the funeral service, dressed in their team colours of red and white.
After Requiem Mass yesterday, Mr Kennedy was buried in the adjoining cemetery.
