| From Unity, 16 January 2010 |
John Hobbs1948–2010It was with deep regret that the Communist Party of Ireland learnt about the death of John Hobbs on 10 January.John was the husband and comrade of the late Madge Davison. He was born in Dublin on 30 December 1948. John had been an active member of the Communist Party of Ireland, the Connolly Youth Movement, and the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. He was also involved in politics in the mid-sixties when he lived in London, where he met Andy Barr jnr. Back in Dublin, as a member of the Connolly Youth Movement he also met Northern comrades, Mike Morrissey, Barry Bruton, and others, and it was on a visit to Bodenstown graveyard at the Wolfe Tone Commemoration that he met his future wife, Madge Davison. As an executive member of the Connolly Youth Movement—and one of the few that could drive—it was to John that the task fell of driving CYM members to meetings in Dublin and Sligo. John was a forceful and loveable character, though some may not have been so enamoured with his repartee. He loved driving and got a job as an ambulance driver in the 1970s, a post that he held until the early 1990s. We send our condolences to his sons, Jonathan and Niall, his sister Pat, brother Anthony, extended family, and friends. His funeral will take place on Friday 15 January at 10 a.m. at Roselawn Cemetery. |
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