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| Cathal M Ryan Brussels May 1987 @@rgmcdermott |
Ironic that it be here ....we were once caught playing cards in row 13 and were on the verge of expulsion. Fortunately, on that occasion, Paddy Crowe relented and let us off the hook!
Cathal shared our laughter, our meal table, our sadness, joys and failures. He cribbed our homework and we cribbed his (if we were desperate-lets be honest!) Most of us, myself included, never knew him during his adult life. But we knew him intimately during a time in his life that was formative. That he cherished, that was filled with promise and the close bonds of friendship and shared experience. A joker and a wit, we were all the butt of his pranks! In the current era, he'd probably be a YouTube sensation, dispensing advice on full body waxing and how to survive online dating !!
His unique approach life maybe characterised by his German exam in the Leaving Cert. He studied hard, arrived well prepared that afternoon for the paper, only to discover....it was a morning exam. He was 5 hours late!! Yes, that was Ryan!
He loved life, he loved the ladies and he loved his friends. And that was us. If he were here now, he would not be mournful, he would definitely not be listening to me, in fact he'd probably be shuffling the cards for the next game in row 13!
Mike MacManus
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| Amsterdam 1987 |
A lovely read this morning. Thanks Mike- it's always so good to hear stories from when dad was in school.
ReplyDeleteCill, Thanks for your comments.... means a lot and glad Dec passed it on. Don't have your email anymore don't think.. but just wanted to reply, atb rossa.mcdermott @ gmail.com
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