Fintan Darragh

I really wished this was some kind of joke, but apparently it's not. Fintan Darragh passed away on 6th of May, 2009 at the age of 21.

I worked with Fintan Darragh for about three months during the summer in 2008. The company I worked for as a contractor was based in Bristol. Fintan was also working for the company during summer holiday.

Fintan was sharing a very large house with about 8 other students, but all of them were away during the summer. I visited their office in Bristol weekly and sometimes I had to stay overnight. He kindly let me stay at the house and we cooked together, had very nice meals and chats. I had such a fun during those three months, but his presence, kindness and hospitality made it even more special.

In this blog's 'links' page, I had a link to his website with a bit of description about him, which goes like this:

'He is one of those people who is young but mature and wise and makes you think god is really being unfair.'

So I guess the god was (if there is any) treating him unfairly up until the end. He was not only intelligent and a very talented software developer, but also charming, sociable and communicable unlike ordinary geeks, like myself. He was so gifted and such a lovely guy. I really really liked him and I will really really miss him.

Fin, I'm really glad I met you. Maybe not too soon, but I'll see you again sometime.