David Simpson

David (centre) with Catherine and Patrick Simpson, jamming in the Art Gallery at Airfield House, Dundrum, Dublin, 23 June 2007 (photo: Angela Simpson)

We publish with the deepest regret the news that David Simpson, a pillar of the Dublin bluegrass community, died peacefully in the early afternoon of Saturday 29 August in the Blackrock Hospice, in the presence of his family.

The following notice appears in today's Irish Times:

SIMPSON, David Robert Beaumont, (Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin, Canada and Omagh) - August 29, 2009, after a long illness. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Angela, sons Paul, Patrick and Mark, daughter Catherine, grandchild Frances, his sister Ann, brother-in-law Ross and family, relatives and friends. Reposing at Carnegie Funeral Home, 19 The Crescent, Monkstown. Removal this (Monday) evening at 5 pm arriving at St Therese's Church, Mount Merrion at 5.30 pm. Funeral Mass tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at 10 am. Burial afterwards in Shanganagh Cemetery. Family flowers only, donations if desired to Blackrock Hospice.

"May he rest in peace".

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Enda Donnelly reports more sad news: the death of Gerry Kiernan (father of banjo-player Paddy Kiernan; see BIB post of 20 Apr. 2009) this morning around 10 a.m. at the hospice in Harold's Cross after a spell in hospital. Enda adds:

I knew Gerry & his wife Libby very well; he was a great good-humoured character.