I've just heard that Nicholas, the legendary barman at Garavan's on Shop Street in Galway, died last Friday. Nicholas was a true original. It was from him that I borrowed the last two lines of my poem 'A Real Galwegian' which you can read here http://www.virtualwriter.net/vw_content.aspx?id=9050
The poem features in my 2005 poetry collection The Boy With No Face which can be purchased directly from the Salmon Poetry site here http://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=108&a=108
Funeral arrangements for Nicholas Killoury - Reposing at the Holy Family Funeral Home, Mervue from 6pm on Monday, July 23rd with removal at 7pm to the adjoining church. Funeral mass on Tuesday, July 24th at 11am followed by Burial the New Cemetery, Galway. http://www.rip.ie/death_notices_detail.asp?NoticeID=169267
