Dylan McCarthy's GAA club have remembered him as "a huge addition to any team and a real team player" following his death.
The 29-year-old died after he suffered catastrophic head and brain injuries in an early morning attack in Kildare.
Dylan, from Kilmallock in Co Limerick, had been on life support since the attack on the Dublin Road in Monasterevin, Co Kildare at 12.30am on Sunday.