Valentia

I didn't know him other than to view and admire his photgraphy (usually in awe).

My sincere condolences to his family, may he rest in peace.

Only knew Valentia from his postings on this forum, where he came across as a really nice guy with a great photographic talent. A sad loss, may he rest in peace.

OMG I'm shocked at hearing this news.

RIP Danny. May you long be remembered

The nicest, funniest and wittiest man ever to grace boards and my life. A true gent if you ever met him.

Completely in shock and condolences to his family. RIP Danny

Very sad news, I'm quite shocked reading that. Deepest condolences to teh family, he will be greatly missed around here.

Thanks Treasa.

The news is just filtering through twitter and now boards. He was a wonderful man who I've only met a handful of times.

Anywhere here in Trim his name is very well known. He had many talents amongst them photography & acting. He was looking forward to the current production in Trim and had jesting with a few of us that we owed him payback for the photowalk by attending the play. A drama date that has been overtaken by Danny's untimely passing.

Danny is known here for his wit, charm and his wonderful photography. He was very willing to share his knowledge and passion. He was down at the Balloon Festival in Trim at the weekend and unfortunately I didn't get down to meet him.

He produced some wonderful shots from the weekend including this image for which he earned a TOTD.



This is one of Danny's many, many wonderful images.





Danny O'Brien. May you rest in peace.

That's shocking. I remember seeing his post on AR's thread yesterday. I always looked forward to his posts on the Random thread and his contributions to other threads. A great photographer and seemed like a sound guy, never had the pleasure of meeting him. RIP.

I'm shocked at this news, after all the hardship Danny had over the last year or two I hoped he'd turned the corner healthwise, the people above have said it all really but I'd like to say he was always an absolute gent, anytime I met him he always had an encouraging word for everyone.


My commiserations to his family, he'll be sorely missed.


RIP Danny.

:(

Man, there is honestly nothing i can say.

Danny was the first person (outside of Elven who i already knew personally) to welcome me to this little community on Boards, and i had so much time for his photography.
The one that sticks out for me at the moment is the one of the birds feeding, i think it may have won some sort of Nokia related competition?

RIP Danny, my deepest condolences to your family.

RIP Valentia.

I only knew him through boards but he came across as both a lovely man and a talented photographer. My condolences to his family and friends. He will be missed terribly in this forum by all.

RIP Danny.

Only met Danny once recently on a photowalk in Trim, total gent. Such a lovely man, very sad news.
My thoughts are with his family.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

It's always terrible news when the world looses a decent soul. I think I may have met him briefly at the launch of the book. While I may not have known him I have read his posts over the years and he always came across as a polite, respectful pleasant person. I didn't know he had been ill so it's a little shocking to know another regular poster is gone. Rest in peace sir.

The only occasion I had the pleasure of meeting him in "real life". On the book launch last year (and this was always my favourite picture of that night).

We only briefly talked but there was something about him that made me feel some sort of connection you sometimes feel with people you just met. So I have a slight idea how people who knew him better feel like at the moment.

My thoughts are with his family and friends.

I only met Danny once, at the Trim photowalk.
He was the first to give up his ticket for the castle tour, so other could go.
He was quick with a smile or a bit of warm advice.
His passing is a loss to us all.

Rest In Peace, Danny

Thats terrible sad news, what a loss of a gent.