Very sad to hear of the news this morning.

Had a few interactions with him when I was involved with a sports club in UCD. Always very jovial, in a rush to nowhere and would burn the ear of you if you even mentioned GAA to him.

Dublin, UCD, GAA and St. Vincents lost a great man. RIP.

squareball_1988 (Donegal) - Posts: 343 - 15/04/2015 12:44:47    1714425

Knew him well, great servant to Dublin GAA, RIP Dave.

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 15/04/2015 12:50:03    1714429

Didn't know him personally , met him when he came to our club , bit of a seminar type thing on , seemed a gent , old school . RIP.

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 15/04/2015 13:06:29    1714432

Awful.

Rest in peace.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 15/04/2015 13:11:08    1714436

What happened the poor man? 63 seems very young these days, a good GAA man, ar dheis dé go raibh a anam.

Headhunter85 (Roscommon) - Posts: 30 - 15/04/2015 13:16:47    1714441

Didn't know him personally but sat beside him a couple of times in croker over the last couple of years, always friendly and seemed to take great pride in the DUBS.

Adamski (Dublin) - Posts: 339 - 15/04/2015 13:19:49    1714443

RIP

Great man.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 15/04/2015 13:40:44    1714456

Very sad. Knew him from my playing days with UCD - was an absolute hero in my eyes. Fully committed to any cause he was involved in. As soon as you approached him - it was always 'what can I do for you?'
RIP

wicklu (Wicklow) - Posts: 331 - 15/04/2015 13:46:20    1714459

Very sad

Dublin GAA legend and true servant to the cause.

RIP

Thoughts are with his family & friends

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 15/04/2015 13:49:57    1714462

A wonderful man, really sad to hear this. Knew him from my time at UCD also. Couldn't agree more with what you said wicklu

Rest in peace

HandballRef (Donegal) - Posts: 520 - 15/04/2015 13:53:05    1714464

So sad to hear that news. A great GAA man. Sympathy to all his family.

thirty1 (Dublin) - Posts: 161 - 15/04/2015 13:53:14    1714465

Very sad news, my condolences to his family, friends and Dublin Gaa.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 15/04/2015 13:58:08    1714470

I got injured playing for UCD back in my college days, he hadnt time to drive me to Vincent's hospital so paid a taxi to get me there save. Would not take it back from me the next day either.
RIP Dave

gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 458 - 15/04/2015 13:59:06    1714471

Very sad to hear this news this morning, Dave always made time to come and say hello at CA events and encouraged us to keep it going, RIP Dave

UniGaa (National) - Posts: 694 - 15/04/2015 14:19:47    1714484

A neighbour of mine, an ever presence in St. Anne's with his dogs. Would always stop to watch any match that was on (whatever the code), no matter how low the standard and always had a few words of encouragement/banter with us.

A gentleman, a true GAA man. Passionate about the Dubs. He will be missed.

JackoDub (Dublin) - Posts: 458 - 15/04/2015 14:22:19    1714486

Had the pleasure of Knowing Dave. What a a great man. Knew every single player across the country and was a Gaa man through and through. Sad loss to Vincents, his family & to the Gaa . RIP

chriscart580 (Meath) - Posts: 376 - 15/04/2015 14:28:02    1714493

Dublin GAA losing some great men over the last couple of years

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 15/04/2015 14:33:34    1714501

RIP

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11231 - 15/04/2015 14:59:43    1714519

RIP Dave.

Funny there was an article on hoganstand about the 11th anniversary of Cormac McAnnalen's passing (RIP). One of the comments to the article was from a "dave billings". I would presume it's the same dave billings, and it just stuck in my mind at the time that it was a nice touch to just mention that Cormac wasn't forgotten by his old college team. And now Dave has passed on too.

The link is:

http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=232924

rcarragh (Dublin) - Posts: 305 - 15/04/2015 15:09:17    1714523

jimbodub
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Dublin GAA losing some great men over the last couple of years

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Was thinking the same thing. They don't make them like Dave any more or like others from that Heffo era.

RIP Dave.

Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 15/04/2015 15:31:05    1714536