Kieran Jack McGinley

It came as a great shock to hear of Jack's passing. I had contact with Jack on-and-off over the years, including when I was researching the history of social partnership, a subject on which Jack himself won a PhD for an outstanding thesis 25 years ago! I also worked with him on the ILHS conference last year and was discussing with him publishing a book through Umskin, to which he was very open. A marvellous, warm and highly intelligent man, I extend my condolences to all his family and wide circle of friends. I was privileged to be able to watch Jack's very moving funeral service as it was live-streamed. May he rest in peace.

I have only just now heard of the untimely death of Jack McGinley.
Jack and I soldiered together on the committee of the No. 15 Branch of the Workers' Union of Ireland in the '70's and early 80's. I was delighted to come across him again more recently in Trinity College. Everything that has been written about him by so many is so true. He was a man of great vision and great commitment.
I send my condolences to you Helen and Jack's family. He will be sorely missed.
Una Claffey.

Condolences to his wife, Helen, brother Sean and sister Marie and all the McGinley family. He left some legacy and certainly had a life well lived but leaves a big gap. May he rest in peace.

My deepest sympathy Helen on the passing of your dear husband Jack

So sorry for your loss Helen. Jack was a good friend and colleague for 29 years. He will be sorely missed. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Gone but not forgotten. RIP Jack 🌹

Very sad to hear of Jack's sudden passing. Thank you Jack for all you did for staff in Trinity, you were always so kind, helpful and supportive. You will be missed. Deepest condolences to his family and friends.

My sincere condolences to Helen and family.
Jack was a wonderful colleague. His friendly approach and sense of fairness was felt and appreciated across campus. He will be missed.

Very sorry to hear this sad news.Jack was a trade union stalwart,a gentleman in the truest sense and a trailblazer in his own quiet way.A great loss to all his family and friends and comrades in the trade union movement.

On behalf of the Irish Association for Industrial Relations, we extend our deepest sympathies to Helen, Jack's extended family and friends. Jack will be a deeply missed member of our executive committee for all his contributions and more importantly, for his kind and gentle soul. Rest in peace.

I just only found out about Jack passing. He was a true Gent, my deepest condolences to Helen and all the extended family. He will always be in my thoughts RIP.

Our deepest condolences to Helen and Jack's family.
Jack was a wonderful neighbour, always helpful and kind.
We will miss him greatly.

My sympathies to Helen and all the
Mc Ginley family. Jack was one of kind and will be sorely missed. May he rest in peace.
Emer formerly of bookstacks.

My condolences to Jack's wife, family and friends on his untimely passing. Jack was a stalwart advocate for workers' rights and a lovely gentleman. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. Le meas,

My warment and most heartfelt condolences to Helen and all your family on this sudden and shocking loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time.

My sincere condolences to Jack's family at this deeply sad time. May he rest in peace.

My deepest sympathies to Helen and all the McGinley family at this very sad time; may Jack rest in peace.

Condolences to Helen, Sean, Marie and extended family. May Jack rest in peace!

Sincerest condolences to all the family on the sad and sudden passing of Jack. A great Dublin GAA man and an inspiration to his beloved CLG Clanna Gael Fontenoy.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis🙏🏻

With heartfelt sympathy to Helen and the McGinley family. Jack was a great colleague and a man of deep commitment to the people that he helped and the causes he believed in. He will be missed. RIP Jack.

Jack’s sudden and unexpected death has come as an enormous shock to his many friends and comrades in the wider trade union movement. Jack was a formidable union representative and was highly respected by his peers. Jack played a very important role in Congress as the Chair of the Standing Orders Committee. On behalf of the Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions we send our condolences to Jack’s wife Helen and family, his Union SIPTU and all his wide circle of comrades and friends in Ireland and abroad.

Deepest sympathy to Jack's family, friends and colleagues on his sudden death. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

I was very sad to hear of Jack’s passing. Along with Francis Devine he played a major role in helping us to produce the first Fermanagh Labour History publication in 2019 and the Jim Brown History,” We’ll get them in the long grass” earlier this year. Jack will be greatly missed throughout the movement and in the Labour History sector in particular. Sincere condolences to Helen the extended family and many friends of Jack. Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.

My Sincere condolences Helen to you and all of the McGinley Family. we in Cork Council of Trade Union are shocked and saddened to learn to Jack's untimely passing.
Jack was a guide to all of us in the Trade Union Movement.
May Jack Rest In Peace from all in Cork Council of Trade Union.

My Deepest Condolence to Helen and all of Jack's family.

May Jack Rest In Peace.

How dreadful for you Helen that Jack has died. I cannot begin to understand how much you will miss him.

Deepest condolences to Sean and the McGinley family on Kierans passing may he rest in peace 🙏

Rest in peace Jack.

Jacko was our leader, our greatest champion and a good friend. Thinking of you Helen, all the family, his friends, comrades and community.
I'll personally never forget how he encouraged me to get involved, step-up, lean in and use my voice.
We didn't always see eye-to-eye but we always stood shoulder-to-shoulder. Rest in power Jack you played your part bigger and better than most! #StackiesForLife

So sorry to hear this v sad news.
My deepest condolences to Sean, to his wife Helen and to all the extended family and close friends.

May Jack Rest In Peace

My sincere condolences Helen to you, and to all of the McGinley family. I was very shocked & saddened to learn of Jack's sudden and untimely passing. Jack was always very helpful to me in times past, of which I was, & remain very grateful for!
Rest in Peace Jack.

Our sincere condolences to Helen and family on Jack's sudden death. I have known Jack for a long time in Trinity College and the FWUI and SIPTU and more recently in the Irish Labour History Society and Uniskin Press. He made his mark in everything he was involved with and will be greatly missed. Jack and Ita Gannon

Dear Helen and relatives and family friends of Jack,

It was such a shock to hear of Jack's sudden passing. He was always so full of life, so passionate about it, so empathetic with everyone he met. He was responsible for recruiting me into the ILHS and modest and all that my involvement has been, it was totally the result of Jack's kindness and enthusiasm.

He was a guide and mentor. Our interaction with the 50th anniversary ILHS conference last year was but one example of his brilliance in managing all the intricacies and minutiae of organisation on such a vast scale and of his conviction that the cause of Labour is Ireland's cause.

We had talked about visiting the roof of Liberty Hall (the original of which my maternal grandfather, volunteer no.79 in the Irish Citizen Army, had once stood upon, rifle in hand) to mark the success of the conference. Alas, that was not to be.

I shall miss him greatly; his legacy will cast a very long shadow. Ar dheis Dé go raibh an anam, dilis. May he rest in peace at God's right hand.
Dónal

Sincere sympathy to the McGinley family on the sad passing of Jack. Great memories of Jack from the 70’s with Clann na Gael Fontenoy. May Jack RIP.

Dear Helen,
So sad and shocked to hear the devastating news of Jack's untimely death. To you, his family, friends and former colleagues in the Library and further afield, mo chomhbhrón daoibh go léir.

Ní bheith a leithéid arís ann.

My sincere condolences to Jack’s family and friends.

Saddened to hear of Jack's sudden passing. Jack worked tirelessly on behalf of workers in Trinity College and beyond, and was highly respected by all who knew him. Thank you Jack for the assistance and advice you gave to so many over the years. May your gentle soul rest in peace.
Sincere condolences to Helen and the family circle.

I salute the memory of a true stalwart of the Irish Labour & Trade Union Movement. Jack was such a powerhouse, academically and as an activist on the ground, energetically functioning on so many fronts on behalf of working people. He toiled endlessly in pursuit of a better fairer world. He always made a difference in every struggle he in which engaged and was continuing to do until the very end. We will all miss him greatly. Sincere condolences to Helen and all the family. In solidarity

Very sad to hear of the sudden passing of Jack. He was a rock in establishing the Dublin District Council of SIPTU. And along with his many works and projects on behalf of Workers he left the place better than he found it
Condolences to all of Jacks Family Comrades and Friends.

Sincere sympathy to the McGinley family on Jack's sudden passing.

So sorry to hear the sad news. Had known Jack for a long number of years meeting him at Union Conferences at which he was a regular. He was a true gentleman and will be sadly missed
May he rest in peace

So sorry to hear of Jack's sudden death. It must have been a terrible shock to Helen and his family. He will be sadly missed by his many comrades and friends in the ILHS, the trade union movement and his many other activities. Rest in power Jack.

So very sorry to hear this horrible news. Sincerest condolences to Helen and all his family and so many friends. A fellow pupil, I fondly remember his arrival on to the CBS Westland Row PPU committee when he shook the lethargy, banished the nonsense and achieved great and untold support for his Alma Mater.
He was an oracle of information, with complete integrity and fairness. His devotion to honesty was outstanding. Seems wrong to speak of Jack in the past tense.
He will be missed.
Ar dheis Dé (nó aon Dia nó Bandia eile) go mbeidh dílis.

Deepest sympathies to all Jack’s family and his many friends on his very sad and untimely passing. He leaves behind a great legacy in his commitment to trade union activism.

A terrible shock to hear that Jack is no longer with us. Definitely one of the good guys. Such wonderful company and what positive ripples he created all round. We were gurriers together many years ago in the Row and Ringsend park. Requiescat in pace, Jack and condolences to all his kin.

So sorry to hear Jack passed. He was a great character and will be sorely missed

To Marie & all the McGinley Family. Sincere condolences & sympathy for Jack to be taken far too young🥲May he rest in peace with all the other angels also taken away far too soon. Anne Maurice Joe & Stan

Very saddened to hear of Jack's passing. RIP. Shared many a day with Jack on the GAA fields. His contribution to Clanna Gael Fontenoy GAA was enormous and his input into the club securing its present club grounds was invaluable. To his wife Helen, brother Sean, sister Marie and all Jack's relations my sincere condolences. Sleep easy Jack.

So sad to hear of Jack’s sudden and untimely death, he will be greatly missed. Condolences to all his family. May he Rest in Peace 🥀

From Doyles to the Pavilion Bar and from Chaplins to Liberty Hall Jack always lit up the room with his prescence and was the life and soul of all these gatherings.
Jack had great recall, records and photos of our time in the Row and he brought all these early learned organisational skills to all aspects of his life. Jack will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Deepest sympathies to Helen, Sean and Marie and all Jack's extended family and friends. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal, Ní fheicimid a leithéid arís ann

Condolences to Jacks family and friends on his passing. Jack always had words of wisdom for those who needed them and will be sadly missed by all and the trade union movement has lost a great stalwart. May he rest in peace.

My sincere condolences to Jack’s family and friends at this terrible time. Our adventures in Germany in 2006 will remain the stuff of legend. May Jack rest in peace.

Sincerest sympathies to the McGinley family on Kieran’s passing.

Alan Kelly
Newlands Golf Club

A salute to Jack from his brothers and sisters of the Scottish Labour History Society. A life lived well in the cause of labour - a good man gone too soon.

Condolences to Helen and Jack’s family a work colleague for over 40 years and a Ireland supporter (ROISSC) may he rest in peace

Deepest sympathy to the McGinley family on the passing of Jack. He was a staunch campaigner for social justice and a valued comrade.

So sorry to hear of Jack's passing, he was always very encouraging and supportive. Condolences to all Jack's family and friends. RIP.

Our deepest sympathies to you Helen and all the McGinley family. I'll always remember Jack as a kind man who took time to talk and listen whenever you met with him. He will be sadly missed. May he rest in peace.

To marie and family sorry to hear about the loss of your brother from mick annette o connor and family

Marie, sincere sympathies to you and all the family from the members of Newlands and your work colleagues. We were all very sorry to hear of the passing of your brother Jack. May he Rest In Peace

My sincere condolences to Helen and the McGinley family. Jack made an immense contribution to SIPTU and the wider Labour Movement. What marked Jack out was he always fearlessly took, what he believed was, the 'right' position no matter how unpopular that may have been. I always valued his opinion and counsel. He is a terrible loss to the movement and the Cuban people have lost a trusted ally and friend. 'Bury him down in yon green garden with union men (and women) on every side'.