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From Liam to Dad: “You didn’t live to meet either of our children and Kyle is 40 this summer”
Liam Murphy
From Marie to Dad: “I remember sitting on your knee listening to our huge radio when they announced that Churchill had died”
Marie Altzinger
From Scubuldydubildies to Dad: “If somebody told me I was going to grow up to be exactly like you, I couldn’t be happier”
Siubhan O’Donnell
From Caoimhe to Dad: “You build brilliant contraptions, make scarecrows and all”
Caoimhe Campbell, aged 14, Co Clare
From your girls to Dad: “You’ve driven us to Timbuktu and back and you’ve done it all with a smile”
Clare, Orla, Aisling
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