The sporting gene comes down the Ringrose line. Garry’s grandfather was chef d’Equipe in the army and his father was on the Blackrock College second XV
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Officer class.
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Do these rugby-set lads actually work a decent day in their lives?
His old man is some property manager hot shot
I rest my case.
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The reason Howard has been so successful with Ross O Carroll Kelly is simply that, no matter how outrageously he lampoons the SOCODUB’s, no matter how seemingly unbelievable the shite he “makes up” is, its actually always close to the truth, and they love him for it.
The fucker stumbled onto a goldmine on the Vico Road that time.
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As I’ve said here before once you’ve met a few of the these private school boys it becomes more and more clear how unexaggerated ROCK is.
I would say his biggest readership is the lads he makes fun of. They see him as a sort of hero rather than a parody.
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I buy my MIL the latest ROCK book for Christmas every year (a little tradition etc etc). She’s originally from Blackrock Co. Dublin and you can hear her scoff* when regaling some of the high jinx that happen in the books.
*SOCODUBs scoff, they don’t laugh
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You’re a great SIL.
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly basically started off as a mixture of parody and storybook softcore porn. Its audience at the start was horny Dublin young fellas who played or followed rugby who got off on the utterly perfect descriptions of 18-21 year old South Dublin women circa 1999-2001, their mannerisms, their interests, the clothes they wore, the places they went, their behaviour, and lads’ behaviour towards them. It was basically an American Pie or Beverly Hills 90210 set in Blackrock. That’s where the loyal readership comes from, because from the little I’ve read of it since about 2005, it’s been complete shite since then.
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I enjoy it.
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I was reliably informed the voice on the video is Paul Keenan (Hugo’s dad) and that’s his house.
It’s the house of a lad who’d call his son Hugo alright.
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Corporate finance type. Apparently he’s an alright sort notwithstanding the video 
I wonder was Hugo named after Hugo Chavez or Hugo’s restaurant.
I think that’s Hugo in a Chelsea jersey.
What was that stat before, something like 75% of all Hugos born in 2001 played in the Leinster Schools Cup
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You were unreliably informed. That’s actually the Ringrose household. PK lives in Booterstown.
Could well have been him on the voice though.
And none of them had the nickname Hurricane Hugo.
Hugo MacNeill.
I’d say Hugo Keenan’s father was a very like this man, except his son did play rugby for Ireland.