Roddy Doyle penned the sweetest tribute to the late Bill O'Herlihy

But this one from writer Roddy Doyle is our favourite.

Written as part of his ongoing Facebook series of short stories that imagine the conversation between two men in a pub, it sums up how we all feel about Bill.

Text in full:

-See Bill O’Herlihy died.

-I can’t believe it.

-I know – . Same here.

-I can’t - . He was brilliant.

-The best – him and the other lads. The best thing on telly.

-He was one o’ those people - . Did yeh ever meet him?

-No, but I know wha’ yeh mean. It was like we knew him.

-An’ liked him.

-Loved him.

-He took the football seriously.

-Like politics.

-Exactly. He took us seriously.

-He’d have the lads riled up an’ you’d flick across to ITV an’ there’d be

ads, and yeh’d flick back to Bill an’ the lads would still be shoutin’ –

an’ yeh’d flick to BBC an’ they’d be analysin’ Thierry Henry’s fuckin’

cardigan. An’ back to RTE an’ Bill an’ the lads would still be talkin’

abou’ football.

-No shite or fashion statements.

-Except Bill’s ties.

-D’yeh know what it is - ? He made me happy.

-Yep.

-After watchin’ him. I might be shoutin’ at the telly. But I was always

happy.

-You can’t say more abou’ the man, really, can yeh? He made us happy.

-Okey doke.

-Good night an’ God bless.

The post has been like over 39,000 times since last night with many commenting that they couldn't have said it better themselves.

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