Dr William (Bill) Casey – an appreciation

Dr Bill Casey passed away peacefully after a short illness and will be fondly remembered by all who knew him. William Bernard (Bill) Casey pass-ed away peacefully on 17 April 2008. A native of Clifden, Co Galway, Bill was the only son of local GP Dr Joseph Casey and was the third generation of his family to graduate from the Royal College of Surgeons. As a young doctor, he witnessed at first hand the ravages of TB, typhus, typhoid and diphtheria in Connemara. {openx:269} A plaque on Ballyconneely beach commemorates his role in rescuing a number of American World War…