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23rd Feb 2016

Roddy Doyle pays tribute to The Commitments’ Johnny Murphy in the most Roddy way possible

Carl Kinsella

We’d been waiting for this.

Roddy Doyle has paid tribute to actor Johnny Murphy, who played Joey ‘The Lips’ Fagan in the movie version of Doyle’s book The Commitments, in the format of his much-adored Facebook dialogues.

Using the tried and tested formula of two men in a pub having a chat over a pint, Roddy bid his final farewell to Johnny Murphy.

Have a read of the touching tribute here:

-See Joey The Lips died.-The wife told me. She was cryin’ – an’ two o’ the grandkids. They loved him.-Wha’ was his…

Posted by Roddy Doyle on Tuesday, 23 February 2016

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