Today is the anniversary of the death of two Irish Dominicans. Eusebius Crawford, who was bishop of Gizo in the Solomon Islands, died in 2002, and Edward Conway died in Dublin last year.
Eddie, as he was known, was prior at the Dominican community St Saviour's, Dublin when he died.
In the early 1990s Eusebius Crawford came on summer holidays to Ireland spending some days in St Saviour's, Dublin.
He was a friendly, kind man too but easily gave way to moments of pomposity.
On his visit to St Saviour's he arrived one morning while a number of Dominicans were having a coffee break.
He went to each man and asked him his name. He came to the late John O'Gorman, asked him who he was and moved on.
As he moved to the next person, John, in his easily recognisable Cork accent called the bishop back and asked him who he was.
Brilliant and as brilliant as the man was.
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