News about Pat O'Riordan

Whistle
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I know that we always seem to hear news about Pat and, maybe, this has been posted here already and I missed it. I was reading a post over at Cherish the Ladies and I believe Joanie Madden replied

CHERISH THE LADIES responded on 11/03/2014
Hi John Patrick.. So sorry for the late response! Unfortunately, Pat O’Riordan has some memory issues and can’t work on his whistles anymore… sad…

Here is the Link to the posting:
http://cherishtheladies.fanbridge.com/fan_questions/q/1172742/joannie-i-have-an-older-set-of-oriordan-whistles-a-c-and-d-interchangeable-ive-heard-you-play-them-i-really-like-them-the-older-ones-1987-were-fragile-and-mine-are-playable-but-quite-beat-up-is-there-an-easy-way-to-contact-oriordan-to-have-these-repaired-

If this true, then I am saddened by this news. Time, though, catches us all eventually. I guess I wanted to confirm whether this is accurate from another source. Thanks.

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Sorry to say that I can tell you from personal experience that the news about Pat is true. The details are not necessary…

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This is sad, indeed. Great instruments and a lovely, lovely man.

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Sad news indeed! A fine gentleman and maker of truly marvelous instruments.
I’ll always cherish the lovely whistles he made for me.

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Keeping Pat and his family in my prayers, a tough road for all.

Respectfully,
Cayden