He was a big hit in America.
Played up to the drunken paddy literary genuis stereotype and he regularly featured on the big American talk shows.
Iāve read Borstal Boy and it was a very enjoyable.
He was a big hit in America.
Played up to the drunken paddy literary genuis stereotype and he regularly featured on the big American talk shows.
Iāve read Borstal Boy and it was a very enjoyable.
Downloaded it the other day myself.
I see there is a bit of a tradition of leaving a pint on his grave on his anniversary. Seems ridiculous these days to do that for an alcoholic, but presumably harks back to when being a hard drinking Paddy was almost a badge of honour.
Dying young is always a big help to the legacy too.
I always maintained the best thing you could do after a good year playing minor GAA is give it up. Youāll be forever regarded as a great.
He wrote the auld triangle, and wore ridiculously dirty shirtsā¦even by dublin standards
That Nationwide programme wasnāt bad, as Nationwide programmes go.
Great is a bit meh though. What you really want to do is play senior when barely even a minorā¦
He was a bestselling author. His family were republican royalty. His uncle wrote the national anthem. They were working class republicans not like the cunts that took over the State in the 20s and 30s and fawned over Archbishop McQuaids cassocks.
The following reasons: