With the anniversary of  the death of Joe Nolan son of Willie John Nolan due on 28th of September of this year we felt the need to put a small tribute on the blog. The characture showed his funny/ historical side, the following pieces will show an insight to Joe from the perspective of a few of his friends. Below is an autobiographical note from one of his books, followed by a news article by Fr Des Wilson in the Andersonstown News the week after Joe's death. We have also included a short obituary notice taken from the Sci Fi group The SF Site.

Obituary

Belfast fan Joe Nolan died on September 28. Nolan is believed to have been the oldest Irish fan. He was active in the Belfast Sci Fi Group at the Monaco and supported the early Nicons. Nolan was an ardent reader as well as a writer of both sf history and local history.

https://www.sfsite.com/vault/news0509.htm