He’s from Renmore in Galway. I’m not 100% sure, but I think he’s based in Australia. I’d know the family. Fine people. Don’t know what got in to Damien’s head since he retired from the rubby. Mad shite altogether.
I haven’t been following it that closely tbh. But I wouldn’t be one bit surprised by it. It’s a savage achievement, but you’d wonder are lads like that ever fully happy.
I suppose “Journeyman former rubby pro selfishly rows across the Atlantic Ocean, abandoning his family for 4 months in doing so, in order to seek affirmation from more famous and successful contemporaries” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.
It will be fair awkward for him sitting out in Galway bay tonight with the local fishermen going about their business bringing in bales of weed and Charlie. He could get drowned in lobster pots.