You probably all know that I first found TFK by typing âBrendan OâConnor is a cuntâ into Google during the middle of a lecture. Iâve spoken to UCC alumni who have said that he was the worst thing about attending UCC.
He was atthe centre of every ugly cultural trend on this island between 2001 and the crash. Other low points would be his refusal for to talk to the cops about the night Katie French died before eventually running a long âheartfeltâ interview about that night with the Sindo and the time he pushed that teenager with terminal cancer into the undeserving nation and got him to say that people who committed suicide were all selfish.
However, he has gotten a lot more tolerable since the birth of his daughter with down-syndrome. I think he genuinely feels for some people, probably not all people, but definitely Cork people coping with disabilities.
Iâd dispute that massively, BOC was a face around campus but he wasnât majorly involved in anything to deserve that accolade, I think he wrote the odd humorous article for the Gazette and may have been involved in the live music soc but he was popular and quite sound,
I have to bow to your superior knowledge here, you were actually in UCC. But I got sitting beside a nice Cork lady at a wedding years back who told me the worst thing about UCC was BOC hanging around the place looking for anyone to start gobbing off at.
For anybody even vaguely familiar with his columns and occasional contributions to various radio/TV programmes over the years, it will have come as no surprise to anybody to see him walk himself straight into trouble. The kindest description of him is that heâs a reactionary hothead. The word that immediately came into my mind when I heard him being introduced at the start of that segment was âfantasistâ.
I was in the green room for that show before. Guests included Mary OâRourke and Paddy OâGorman and his dog. The husband of Jade Goody was also there. He actually seemed a relative alright sort, very quiet, particularly in comparison to the next duo. This pair were going on together - some speccy author fella (I think from Galway) and some woman who was famous for being the mistress in a high profile affair (maybe Gordon Ramsey). They were doing a slot on sex I think. The author guy seemed to be coked off his head and was trying it on with your one. Way out of his league. Anyway OâConnor struts in before the start of the show to say hello to the guests. The author guy, at a particularly loud volume, goes to OâConnor said âgreat to me, you look like youâve lost loads of weightâ. Now OâConnor did look trimmer than he had looked before, but this fella was an absolute clown. BOC responded with âI havenât actuallyâ, took a bottle of water and was out the door.
The details after that are a little foggy as I had a bottle and a half of a nice red wine
Heâs made a career out of talking about his weight.
I see him walking down on the quays very often and theres absolutely not a pick on him now. He looks like someone whoâs recently been sick or something.