Billy Brophy, a well-known character, passed away one year ago on 24 February 2006.
We asked Robert Curtis about his old friend.

“Billy was one nice man. He was always in good humour. He loved his game of snooker, his pint and especially his sing-song. Homeland was one of his favourites and he regularly sang in the Yacht or anywhere at all, even sitting on a park bench. His numbers for the Lotto were 32 and 11 and he loved a game of Bingo. Every night he would go down to the CY for a game of snooker and then on for a pint.

“Billy was a terrible witty man. They brought him home from the Hospice and his son Billy Junior got him a plasma screen TV to hang on the wall so that he could see it from his bed. The Parish Priest came in to visit him and remarked on his lovely flat screen TV. Why wouldn’t I, he said quick as a flash, sure isn’t there flat racing on.

“His good friend Harry Dunne would call in to see him every day. Harry and Billy would go on long walks together wherever the fancy took them. They often went to visit friends in St Vincent’s and the minute they would go into the ward the place would be in an uproar. Billy enjoyed life to the very end and made everyone happy who knew him. We all miss him dearly.”