Valentia

I said earlier I would say a few words as I was too shocked when I heard. I'm still shocked and saddened.

I won't say much about Danny's photography as it speaks for itself. "The Gannets" of course was a masterpiece but lots of others spring to mind especially this one and this one of his son Donal campaigning for Trim Town Council in Times Square.

Danny was a pleasure to know. He was kind and generous to a fault, when he praised you it was earned and if you lost the run of yourself he'd be the first to let you know.

I met his brother Willie for the first time at the wake. That he was properly waked was so appropriate too. No introductions needed, "you must be one of Danny's internet friends" . It was only later I realised what that meant. As loads of you have said, you thought you knew him without having met him. Danny had no internet persona, no writing style, he just typed his utterances and somehow we all got the verbal intonations etc. The odd "feck" here and there probably helped us no doubt.

He was a tremendous help to me personally starting out and later on a sounding block and break on my flights of fancy.

I admired his energy, his devotion to Phil, Donall and Kate, his ability to cut through the bull**** and his outrage with the state of Ireland of late. Every Friday I tuned in to the Late Late Show on Twitter, where Danny provided a running commentary with his rasping sense of humour. His legacy though is thankfully there for all to appreciate.

Never did the old Irish saying ring so true. Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís.

Tommie

I've penned a few short words about the night of the wake on the blog if anyone's interested .....