Saturday, July 6, 2024
Dear Michael, David, Christine, Isaac and Sarah, my deepest sympathies to you all on the passing of your dad, father-in-law, grandfather. His passing marks the end of a generation of very fine couples in the Nolan, Ryan and White familes and whose memory, teaching and spirit, I pray, remains robust amongst us cousins, their children and grandchildren in Canada and Ireland.
My earliest memory and a happy memory of my uncle Jimmy is of a visit to the Nolan shop in Portlaoise (Ireland) in the 1960s. On this visit and at every other time we met since or spoke on the phone, my uncle Jimmy treated me with friendship and respect. I treasure these precious memories I have of knowing this fine man.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. May he rest in peace.
Philip Ryan - Ireland.