Nancy Falkow McBride Has Passed

Nancy Falkow McBride wasn’t one for getting mushy, so, we’ll keep this short and sweet, and silly.

One of those Greystones people you always felt would be around forever, Nancy was not only an artist but also a musician, a community organiser (getting behind craft fairs, gigs, get-togethers, etc) and, perhaps most of all, a mischief-maker.

As anyone who knew Nancy will tell you.

When GG decided to organise a 70th birthday bash for David Bowie in The Harbour Bar back in 2017, a certain singer/songwriter jumped at the chance of performing Lady Stardust on the night. And, solo at the piano, Nancy nailed it. She nailed it good.

Nancy was that kind of person. If something looked like fun, and that it might actually add something to the world, she jumped right in.

And that was true of her home life, where Frank and daughter Hannah provided the centre of Nancy’s happy world.

Having arrived in Ireland way back in 1994, all the way from the New Jersey, via rock stardom in Philadelphia, Greystones became Nancy Falkow McBride’s true home. We were damned lucky to have her…

Nancy McBride (née) Falkow passed away on January 6th, Women’s Christmas, at 12.30am, at St Vincent’s Hospital, after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer. Cremation will take place at noon on Friday, January 10th in McCrea’s Cremation Chapel, Dublin Road, Wicklow Town. All welcome.