"So when news filtered out on Thursday afternoon that an elderly man had died when the bus crashed on the pedestrianised street, those that knew him wondered: 'I hope Frank is OK'. When Frank hadn't arrived home by his usual 5pm, his neighbour Catriona Ni Cassaithe started keeping an eye on his house, as she often did, watching for the light to come on."
"I've known him since I was a baby. He was just a lovely man. He would go on long walks and when the weather would get better in the springtime he would be out in his garden mowing the grass and pruning the roses, and stopping to chat to people going by."
"He was a good neighbour. He was a private person, and loved going into town every day. He was a man of the world really in that he knew a lot about things, he was intelligent."
Frank lived alone in East Wall and maintained a daily routine of going into town, often spending time on Talbot Street and North Earl Street. Neighbours watched for his regular 5pm return and looked out for his wellbeing. He enjoyed long walks, gardening in spring, visiting a cafe and Ann's Bakery, and travelling to see sisters in America. After a bus crashed on a pedestrianised street and he did not return, a neighbour checked his house and was informed by his nephew that Frank had died. Neighbours recall his intelligence, independence and warmth.
Read at Irish Independent
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