Yesterday someone by the name of Mary left the following comment on this blog: "Happy birthday. Gone but not forgotten."
Mary was leaving a comment on the short piece that was written about her uncle, Michael Neenan, who died on February 25, 2016. It was the fourth comment Mary has left on the blogpost of March 3, 2016. What a lovely touch.
Back then this blog was not as systematic as it is today in writing about Irish Dominicans who die. It was a much more hit-and-miss operation. So, apologies for writing such a short piece on Michael Neenan.
There was a short note on the death of Michael on this blog on March 5, 2016.
Not once but indeed, on many occasions a member of staff at St Luke's Hospital in Rathgar, Dublin, where I am chaplain, talks to me about Michael Neenan. He often travelled with Michael to Fatima and speaks in glowing terms of the A'dorney man. People not from Kerry, indeed, many in Kerry, may not be aware that the local people abbreviate the north Kerry village, Abbeydorney to A'dorney.
Michael was born on May 25, 1941.
A lovely thought Mary, and thank you.
So often the small gestures make such a difference.
It's a sign of a person when they are fondly remembered.
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1 comment:
Michael,
The well written obituaries which you publish on your blog for Irish Dominicans who die are, it seems to me, measured and fair.
The website of the Irish province stays silent when a member of the province dies. This is a glaring lack. Your obituaries ought to be also published on the website of the province.
This website needs a lot of work. It ought to be developed and improved. In it's present format it is unfriendly and unattractive. It gives no great sense of the work of the province. You won't like me stating that the webite of the Irish Jesuits is far superior. The content is substantive and informative and mention is always made of Jesuits who die.
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