In Memoriam: David Mackenzie, 1943–2016

LA CORÓNICA 45.1 FALL 2016 5-8 David Mackenzie passed away on 26 February 2016, in his beloved city of Santiago de Compostela where he had lived since his retirement from University College Cork in 2008. David first visited Santiago, by chance he said, in his teenage years but so thoroughly did he fall in love with the city, the Galician language and culture that he returned there practically every year of his life. He was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield (Nottinghamshire) on 8 September 1943, but it was Celtic blood that coursed through his veins: his family was of Scottish ancestry and he spent the majority of his professional life in Ireland before retiring to Galicia.