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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

In the first instance, we want to thank the authors of each of the individual essays for taking the time out of their busy schedules to contribute to this project, for doing so on time and with such care.

We also wish to gratefully acknowledge the wisdom and friendship of Seamus Browne, whose advice is reflected in many facets of this book. We would like to express our gratitude to Jonathan Williams for his faith in this project and to Conor Graham, Lisa Hyde and all at Irish Academic Press, whose professionalism and attention to detail has made the final publication such a fine production.

We are grateful to many who assisted us in sourcing the photographs included in this book and for permission to reprint them. David Conachy, the Photographic Editor of the Sunday Independent, was extremely generous in that regard. We also wish to thank Stephen Rae, Editor in Chief at Independent News and Media and Michael Hinch, Editorial Imaging Manager at Independent Newspapers Ireland. We are also grateful to Damien Eagers; Peter Cavanagh (irishphoto.com); Eamonn Farrell (RollingNews.ie); Susan Kennedy (Lensmen/Irish Photo Archive) and Irene Stevenson (Irish Times Library) for their permission to use photographs in this book.

Loughlin Deegan, Joe Lennon and Richard Aldous undertook the time-consuming task of reading much of the final manuscript. They were meticulous in so doing and made many useful suggestions for improvement. We want to thank our publicist, Peter O’Connell, for helping to market this book.

All royalties from this book are being donated to the Irish Cancer Society. We want to express our appreciation to Kathleen O’Meara and Orla Sheils at the Irish Cancer Society for their help in this regard.

Others who offered valuable assistance in one form or another include Mary Bailey, Olivia Buckley, Noel Dempsey, Eoin Dorgan, Vincent O’Doherty, Eoghan Ó Neachtain, Eoin O’Shea, John Pollock and Patricia Ryan.

We would each like to thank our families and friends for their support and patience while we committed time to this project.

Working on this book was never a chore, but, of course, at times it was a poignant task. We hope it does some service to the recognition of the legacy of Brian’s too short life.

Brian Murphy

Mary O’Rourke

Noel Whelan

September 2014