It’s strange how we think that certain people will always be around. We realise they’re dancing with time and some day the music will stop. What unsettles us is that when it happens we seem to be so ill-prepared as shock takes over.
It happened over two weeks ago when Ambrose Kelly died in Chicago. It was a shock, plain and simple. Ambrose was always there and was always expected to be there. One could not envision life without him.
Ambrose Kelly of Mill Street, Westport, was no ordinary man, nor even an extraordinary man. He was greater than all that. He was unique in every way. He embraced life for all it was worth, with a big and generous heart. He was true to himself and in doing so, was a backbone of support to his family, neighbours, community, friends and work colleagues.
He was the epitome of the genial host, as members of St Patrick’s Drama Group experienced on more than one occasion. There to meet us at O’Hare Airport when we arrived, prepping........

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