Philip Casey

I was so sorry to hear of Philip Casey's death; he was a most likeable person. Though I didn't know him particularly well, it reflects on the kind of character that he was, that I feel as saddened as I do. I found him always good-humoured, humble and generous; and apart from his own writing achievements, he was a one of the great, unselfish supporters of other Irish writers and Irish writing in general.
You can read what others, who knew him much better than I, have to say at  https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/tributes-pour-in-for-much-loved-writer-philip-casey-67-1.3380535
For my part, his death will leave an unfillable space at the various readings and literary events arrounnd Dublin.