Pat McCafferty
15 March 1956 — 12 August 2026
Family and friends are warmly invited to join us in Cambridge on Thursday 27 August to remember Pat and to celebrate her life.
Pat was born in County Cavan and grew up in Kildare with her much loved brother Tony. She moved to England and began her nursing training, working at the Whittington in London. Here she met her lifelong friend Kay. She went on to work as an occupational therapist in mental health, spending the entirety of her professional life in the same way as her personal life, caring for people.
She met John in the Archway Tavern and they had Eamonn and Ciara. They built a life in Cambridge over the next thirty six years, where she developed a wide circle of close friendships. She was a fierce campaigner for what was right and volunteered her time to Wintercomfort and other charities. She was devoted to her grandchildren and loved laughter and music.
Thursday 27 August 2026
Funeral Mass
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs
Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1JR
Please arrive by 9.45.
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Reception
The Geldart
1 Ainsworth Street, Cambridge CB1 2PF
Everyone is welcome. A buffet lunch will be served, and there will be a memory book on the table. Please write something in it.
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Six Bells
11 Covent Garden, Cambridge CB1 2HS
The Six Bells was her local and her second home, so it is where we will finish. Music, drinks and stories, for as long as anyone wants to stay.
Open in MapsThe committal will be private.
The family will be providing flowers.
Photographs and memories
Where everything is
Staying over
The Gonville Hotel, Gonville Place, three minutes’ walk from the church.
Hughes Hall, college rooms, six minutes’ walk from the church.
YHA Cambridge, Tenison Road, near the station. The budget option, with private rooms as well as dorms.
Getting there
Parking. There is no car park at the church. The nearest long-stay parking is Queen Anne Terrace, about eight minutes' walk away. Hills Road itself has no waiting during the day.
By train. Cambridge station is a fifteen-minute walk from the church, or a short taxi ride.
Between venues. The Geldart is about fifteen minutes on foot from the church. The Six Bells is a further eight minutes from the Geldart, and only seven minutes from the church itself.
Any questions, or if you would rather email photographs to us directly, write to memories@patmccafferty.com.
The evening before
There will be a wake at the family home on Wednesday 26 August. All welcome. Email memories@patmccafferty.com for details.