Rest in peace Martin. You were a good man, if a foolish one – but then what good man isn’t?
On behalf of all of us at Gript Media, our most sincere condolences to his wife Gillian, and his three children, Méabh, Oscar, and Una, as well as to all of those who knew and loved him.
“The truth was that McCafferty was the quintessence of the 1960s, in which shallow posturing was esteemed and holding fashionable lefty-opinions was not brave but obligatory.”
He might have been the very last Redmondite – or at least the last to willingly embrace the label – but if the tradition dies with him, then he has ensured that it can be buried, like himself, with honour.
By indulging her public suffering and despair, did we really help her? I’m not sure the answer to that question is “yes”.