Mike Mills-Davies
2006; Springer Nature; Volume: 201; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/sj.bdj.4814214
ISSN1476-5373
Autores ResumoPaul O'Prey was involved in a tragic road accident and was killed instantly.He was 35 years old.Paul (Pop) graduated from Manchester in 1993 before returning to Ireland.He worked in general practice first in Belfast and then in Downpatrick, where he remained until his untimely death.Paul grew up in Warrenpoint, Co. Down and there he spent the last decade of his life.He was educated at The Abbey Grammar in Newry, where he shone, both academically and on the sports field.In his final year he won the prize for the most outstanding athlete and represented the college in Gaelic football, captained his local club, and represented Co. Down at underage level.At that time, Paul was widely regarded as being one of the most gifted Gaelic footballers in Ulster.He also had a brilliant brain.I have been privileged to teach dental students for almost a decade, and with due respect to all I taught, I have not encountered another with a brain like Paul's.He was a genius in the truest sense of the word.Warrenpoint was the only place where Paul really wanted to be.He led an exceptionally active and healthy life, spending every weekend walking in the hills beyond Warrenpoint and swimming daily in Carlingford Lough, where the indigenous sea lions got so used to his intrusion that they'd swim with him.On his daily excursions he'd always have time to stop for a chat with the locals, who knew him well.Paul's death leaves a great sadness and loss to the town.Pop was a big man in every way: in personality, build, enter-
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