Rory Brennan

This sad news has only reached us now - we are so sorry to learn of Rory’s death. Deepest sympathy to Fionnuala and family. We have great memories, including those busy, committed but always joyful and energising days of political engagement in the 1970s and the more reflective and productive times on Paros. Rory’s creativity and intelligence is beautifully expressed in his poetry.

So sorry to hear of Rory's passing - I only heard today, almost two months after his passing. Rory was a true gentleman & scholar & poet, & among a handful of lovely encounters was a reading in Paris to celebrate 30 years of Poetry Ireland in 2008 & where Rory was fabulous company & fun, & full of the joys of life. My sincere condolences to his wife & children & grandchild & many, many friends.

Dear Family and Friends of Rory. I remember most laughing and joking with Rory in the Austin Clarke Library in 1987. We had great fun.
Rory kept poetry alive in Ireland in a bleak time. Very little money for the arts then. He was very generous to me. His work is done. Home to his rest in taken. Love, Tom Kiernan xx

So sorry to hear belatedly of Rory's death. Glad his family were around him. I remember him from the Poetry Ireland days of the 80s when I co-founded Beaver Row Press. He was charming, erudite, sometimes funny and 'larger than life' in some ways. My deepest condolences to Fionnuala and the rest of the family......I know he will be deeply missed and forever remembered and cherished.

Dear Fionnuala, Orla and Fiona,

We were so sorry to hear of our cousin Rory’s passing. On behalf of Daniel, Helen and Mary Rose Brennan we wish to offer you our deepest sympathy.

Dear Fiona,
This is very sad news. Your Dad was such a lovely person. We are thinking of you and sending lots of love to Fionnuala, Orla, Luca & Ciarán & Keith. Rest in Peace.

Dear Fionnualla!

It is only now that I can convey my sincere condolences to you and your family for the death of Rory. We are very sad and hope that you and your family will all get over this difficult loss well.

Please understand that I can only send you my heartfelt condolences now because I just had to undergo a cataract operation on both eyes.

As a memory of Rory, I am sending you his words, which were so comforting to me at the time, and which I will never forget, which he wrote to me in 2001 on the occasion of my mother's death.

All good wishes for you and your family from Curt & Carmen



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My deepest sympathy to Rory's family. I remember Rory with affection from school and the occasional reunions since then. May he rest in peace

Dear Fionnuala,
I was so sorry to hear of Rory’s death. Please accept my deepest sympathy. May he rest in peace and may the wealth of a rich life together and with your family ease the huge loss a little.
Dave

Dear Fionnuala, that is sad to hear. Rory was one of those rare people; a realist who did not let the more dismal aspects of the world get in the way of his good humor. "We choose the tune if not the steps' he said; And despite our world being, "a globe garden in a field of stars" which "does not dwell on the end of things at all', he will nevertheless be missed and warmly remembered by those he knew and whose lives he touched.

Irini and Jim send you, Fiona and Orla our sympathies and look forward to seeing you.

Rory was a unique friend... so multi talented and always a delight to spend time with. He was also very much a family man and was always close to his daughters, maybe because of living in a very small community on Paros beck in the day! He and Fionuella would have been married 56 years this week..that says it all, very much in love and always thoughtful to each other. His poetry was splendid, descriptive and insightful.. He will be very much missed on his adopted island.. we remembered him in style on Saturday, and did not forget the traditional ouzo.. KaloTaxidi ...

Dear Fionnuala
It is with deep sorrow that we learned about the loss of our dear friend Rory. Please receive our heartfelt sympathy to you and your family
With our love and friendship
Mary and Werni

Dear Fionnuala,
We were so sorry to read of Rory’s death. Our deepest sympathy to you and your family at this most difficult time. We wish you all long lives to keep Rory alive in your memories and in your hearts. May his memory be eternal and we pray that he will rest in peace.
Maria and George Komodikis

Dear Fionnuala, Orla, Fiona and family
We were so sad to hear of Rory's death. May he rest in peace.
Keeping you all in our thoughts and prayers at this most difficult time.

I‘m so very sorry to hear that Rory is no more among us. I remembrer him as a very warm-hearted person. My deeply felt condolences to the family.

Dear Fionulla, Orla, Fiona, and extended family,
It is with great shock and sadness to learn of Rory’s passing. Rory was a great gentleman and wonderful artist poet.
We fondly remember our wonderful times with you here in America and Ireland. Rory will be greatly missed. You have our deepest sympathies, condolences and love. We cherish our memories of Rory and all of you.
Much love, Doug and Ellie

Deepest sympathy to Fionnuala and family on the passing of Rory May he rest in peace

So sad to learn of Rory's passing.
Invokes strong memories of happy times in York Road school
Deepest sympathy to Fionnuala and family. Go raibh suaimhneas sìaraì ar Rory. My wife Joan also passed in the wonderful Blackrock Hospice last May.
Jack Griffin

Fiona, my deepest sympathies to you and your family. My thoughts are with you at this sad time.

Heartfelt condolences to Fionnuala and family. Deeply saddened to hear that Rory has left us. He was a much loved colleague - genteel, passionate and great fun. It was a privilege to have known him. Hope that the many happy memories that you have of him will sustain you in the difficult days ahead. Rest in peace Rory.

I was very shocked and saddened Fionnuala, to hear from your good friends on Paros, Peter and Ann Marie Macken ,of the death of your husband Rory. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

Dear Fionnuala, Orla and Fiona,
I am Astrid - Hugh’s girlfriend in the far past - Hugh informed me about Rory, your Dad and love of your life sadly having passed away. I am deeply sorry for your loss - he will be so missed.
I have such fond memories of Rory and your home in Sandymount.
Keep well and lots of strength.

Dear Fionnuala. I am so sorry to hear this news. RIP Rory. You are very much in my thoughts at your immeasurable loss xxxx

So sorry to hear of Rory’s death.
My sincere sympathy to all his family. Rory was a much respected poet and always kind and encouraging to emerging poets.

So sorry to hear of Rory's passing. Great memories of poetry readings in the 70's and 80's. A gentleman. Condolences to Fionnuala and all the family.

Dear Orla, Fiona and Fionnuala, I am deeply sorry to hear of the passing of Rory, may he RIP. Wishing you strength and comfort in the days ahead.

Dearest Family of Rory,
A little and large tribe of fun and love, inspired by RORY and FIONULA. It has been a pleasure for us to know Rory and you. I know he will be so missed yet still there, in a new way. How lucky you are to have had this man as your father.
My sympathy to you 3 at this time.

I was very saddened to learn of the passing of Rory. He was not only a poet of note, but a kind, gentle man. In my own dealings with him over the years he was always respectful and accommodating. Go soilsí solas na bhFlaitheas ar a anam dílis.
'Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion'.

We are both very sad to learn of Rory’s death. We met on many occasions around the world of poetry. Rory had a beautiful and infectious smile. He shared many good sessions with my late husband Gerald. We grieve with you.
May his noble soul rest in peace.

So sad to lose such a special person.

My dear pal Fiona was blessed to have such a father - full of love, joy, curiosity and glow. Fionnuala, his soulmate; watching you together was a lesson in life and living. I am so very grateful to have benefitted from Rory's company over many decades and more recently, spending special times together with you all in the magical home he built with his own, wonderful hands, in Paros. He is, and was, one in a million.

Love to you all - Fionnuala, Fiona, Orla, Ciaran, Keith and Luca x

Jane x

So sorry Fionnuala to hear the very sad news of Rory’s death. Please accept my deepest sympathy.

Deepest sympathy on the passing of Rory. He was a true gentleman and a wonderful colleague. May he rest in peace.

Wonderful memories of Rory around the dinner table at Wellington Street, his hilarious story telling was a joy. Rest easy Rory in warm Paros light. My thoughts are with you Fiona, Orla, Fionnuala and your families.

Sending deepest sympathies on behalf of the Education Desk in Poetry Ireland.

I am very sorry to hear of Rory's passing condolences to Fionnula Orla Fiona and extended families.rest in peace Rory.

We are sorry Fionnuala, Orla, Fiona and all the family, to hear of Rory's death. Sincere sympathy to you all. You are in our thoughts at this time.

I am so sorry to hear about Rory's passing. He was one of the first people I met when I joined DCU many years ago and he was such a kind man and colleague. My thoughts are with his family during this difficult time. My sincerest condolences.

We are deeply saddened to hear of Rory's passing. Fond Memories of times in Paros of you both. Sincere Sympathy to Fionnula and family

Deeply saddened to learn of Rory's death and my condolences to you, Fionnuala and your family for the loss of a very fine friend and poet. I will always cherish memories of the adventures he and I went through in the early days of the founding of Poetry Ireland, the challenges he helped overcome, his warm and friendly approach to everyone, and the confidence and urgency with which he dealt with problems. We soldiered together in Cambridge at festivals of poetry there and I greatly relied on him to get us in on the conversations and the plans. His and your, FIonnuala, kindness in lending your house in Paros to Ursula and me in our early years together, is remembered with deep gratitude. I feel honoured to have published his early collection of poetry, "The Walking Wounded", as one of the first publications of the newly established Dedalus Press; indeed it was he who gave the press its name, joining together the Joycean novel and the myth of the creator Daedalus. A blessing on his spirit and love from Ursula and myself to the whole family.

My heartfelt condolences to Fionnuala, Fiona, and Orla on Rory's sad passing. I will always cherish the fond memories of my many conversations with Rory over coffee at the Shelbourne.

To my lovely old friend Nuala on your immeasurable loss of your beloved Rory who was without doubt, your soulmate . I remember the night you met him all those years ago in Belfast when we were all so very young. And what great memories you made together as you both journeyed through life with each other .

Very sorry to hear of Rory's passing. I remember him well from our collaborations together in the late 1980s, when he was Director of Poetry Ireland, and I was in charge of the Poetry Thursday at the Alliance Française de Dublin. I recall with particular pleasure a reading we did at Bewley's Café on Grafton Street, at which my boss, Rémy Durand, translated poems by Rory into French, and Rory poems by Rémy into English. It was quite an evening. Requiescat in pace.

Dear Fionnuala,

My deepest condolences to you and your family on the passing of Rory. He was a truly great person - thoughtful, caring, generous, erudite and open-minded. Rory was and is a tremendous poet. I will miss his friendship and the grace of his company for the rest of my days.

Dear Fionnula and family

I was so sad to hear of Rory’s illness and death. My thoughts are with you. I hope that you will find some comfort in the wonderful memories you have of Rory’s vital spirit. May he rest in peace. Love Mary & Brían

Sympathy to Fionnuala and Family in Sandymount on the passing of Rory Brennan poet, writer and internationalist. Dear and close personal friend in my thoughts and prayers. 'Lead Kindly Light' [...]

A great tree has fallen now that Rory has departed. Fionnuala, Fiona and Orla- you are in our prayers. Rory took such care of his family and friends.
You will be missed.

Goodbye and rest in peace, Rory, kind friend. You were always a most civilized, erudite gentleman. I will miss you greatly. My most sincere condolences to your wife, Fionnuala, your daughters Orla and Fiona, grandson Luca and the extended family.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal

Shocked to hear this news Fionnuala , may he be at peace.

My thoughts are with the family of Rory. I met him when I first came to DCU and we shared an office for a while. A wonderful orator and a great colleague, he will be sorely missed.

Deepest sympathy to the Brennan family on the sad passing of Rory. We first met on a WW1 historical trip to the battlefields of Europe many years ago and kept up the friendship ever since. A true gentleman. May his gentle soul rest in peace.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you Fionnuala and family on your sad loss. May Rory rest in peace.

To dear Fionnuala, Fiona, Orla and Luca, we are very sorry to hear of your beloved Rory's passing. He was always so kind and welcoming. May he rest in peace.

Tony and Maura, Sandymount.

Beannacht Dé leat, a sheanchara!

My deepest condolences on the death of Rory with my sincere sympathy to his family, may he rest in peace.

I've known Rory for eons and I've always admired him for his love and commitment to my dearest friend and Rory's wife,Fionnuala and also his brilliant poetry.
My husband Jorge truly loved his company and we are both immensely saddened by his death.

We are so sorry to hear of Rory’s recent illness and his passing away on Sunday in the hospice in Blackrock. His loss will be devastating for his nearest family and his close friends. His warm character will be missed and his laughter remembered fondly . His poetry will be a lasting legacy.

Sincere sympathy to Fiona, Ciaran, Luca and all the family; on your very sad loss. Thinking of you and hope you experience the love and kindness you so generously show to others, may God comfort you all.

My sympathy and condolences to Fionnuala and all the family on your very sad loss. Rory was my companion during this summer as i enjoyed his poetry readings from his study in Paros so much. I listened to him most afternoons! May he rest in peace now.
Thinking of you all at this very sad time.

Not my father, but a perfect father figure—you shaped so much of our growing years in both Greece and Ireland. Your booming laugh, the firmest handshake and shoulder pat! and that infectious grin earned you the affectionate nickname "Jack," those who know, know ..

The memories of you will never fade from me, and the love we have for you and your brilliant and beautiful family will continue forever.

You will forever be spoken of with love, and your spirit will remain in our hearts.
Ειρήνη και αιώνια αγάπη.

I saw Rory Lately at Fiona’s book launch. So sorry he has passed away so quickly. Sincere sympathies to Fiona Ciaran, Luca and all his family. May he rest in peace.