Tributes have been paid to a "gentle" Co Down historian who died a day after his collection of First World War memorabilia was featured on TV.
Tom Edgar, who was 86 and lived in a cottage on Blue Row in Castlewellan, died on Wednesday.
The previous evening he was featured on UTV's Lesser Known Journeys.
Television presenter Joe Mahon had interviewed Mr Edgar about his collection of First World War memorabilia, which had formed a museum in his home.
While some of the artefacts had been collected over the years by the 86-year-old, many others had been handed down to him from family members.
A well-known figure in Castlewellan, mourners yesterday gathered at St Paul's Church of Ireland church in the town for a funeral service.
Joe Mahon said Mr Edgar, whom he interviewed in March, had taken "great pride" in his collection.
"He had this wonderful collection of First World War memorabilia, all collected by his family back in those days," he said.
"His mother came from a big family and they had a lot of photographs, a lot of cards and memorabilia from that period, that people would have sent out to the trenches, in beautiful condition.
"The whole house was completely given over to a little First World War museum, even on the walls of his room, huge campaign maps. Some of them he collected himself but some (were) in (the) family for generations.
"He said he grew up with two main stories. One was the mill (in) Annsborough, and the First World War. He had a number of uncles who were involved and a lot of his aunts worked in the mill."
Mr Mahon described Mr Edgar as a "lovely, gentle man" who took "great pride in this collection".
Mr Edgar was laid to rest in the churchyard adjoining St Paul's following the service.
