Francis X. McArdle

I learned many lessons over the years of dancing with Frank. I didn´t anticipate the last lesson would be not to put off connecting with someone who is important and has meaning in your life. I lost touch with Frank many years ago and now I can only reflect on the impact he had on my life and others around him and hope these reflections reach him as he continues on his journey. Goodness emanated from deep in his soul. As humble as he was, just a poor Irish boy making his way in this world...

Frank was one of the best students at the Richard Olney School in West Roxbury. We were in the same class from the first through sixth grades. I have many memories from those years. But we grew up and moved away and I met him again only once and that more than forty years later. He came to give a talk at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia where I had become a professor. I shall always remember him Kathy O'Rourke, classmate

So very sorry to hear about Frank. Spent many a day with him and all the New Yorkers who travelled annually to Tubbercurry , Malahide , Cape May . A humble and kind man. May his gentle soul rest in peace. He will be missed. Kitty Prager