Born : Limerick, Ireland 1973

Location: Albuquerque, NM

First Memory: sitting in my ma’s car outside Mullany’s on Bedford Row, being scared shitless of “Mad Monday” . He was an old guy always standing there, with his hand out for change. Someone told me he was the boogeyman and he was going to get me if i didn’t behave………………scarred for life, i am.

Happiest Memory : Summers in Kilkee.

First Music Purchase: Relax by Frankie goes to Hollywood on Cassette single………i thought it was cool coz the song seemed to be all about peeing and even had pee sound effects in the middle. I remember playing it over and over in the kitchen looking for a reaction from my ma everytime the pee sound played.

I’ve since learned the song is not about peeing.

First Movie attended: BMX Bandits at the old Royal Cinema ( no longer there) .

Claims to Fame:

1. I saw David Crosby ( of The Byrds and Crosby Stills Nash & Young fame) in Forbidden Planet comic store in Dublin years ago. I finally got the Gumption to go over to him and mutter “David Crosby, right”, and he just looked at me like i was a fuckin’ eejit and so i slinked away awkwardly.

2. At an Emotional Fish gig in the Two mile Inn back in the early nineties, i was standing right at the foot of the stage, out of my box, repeatedly roaring the same line over & over “frogs and snails and puppy dog tails” during whatever song that line was in.

Well the song finally gets to that line, Gerry fish sings “what are little boys made of” and then puts the mike to my face and i get my big moment …………i was so proud………

I think that was the same night i reached in and stole a full bottle of vodka from behind the bar , hid it down my pants, ran quick-smart to the jax, and swamped down 1/2 the bottle before it was ripped wildly from my paws by some other drunken zombie. Less than half an hour later all my thoughts were in Irish and i thought my brain was broken.

3. We used to shout “Groucho Marx” at Willie O’ Dea when we’d spot him walking around the place, back when he was a lowly City Councillor. He used do his best to pretend he was ignoring us.

4. I scored a Point in a Hurling match at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick during some primary school tournament. I came out of Hurling retirement for the day because if you weren’t in the tournament you had to be in class. I promptly went back into Hurling retirement that same day, thus ending my GAA career on a high note. No slow waning of the pace and skill for me. You could say i was the Roy Keane of the Limerick Under 12 GAA world at the time.

5. I was in the Desperate Dan Cowpie Club when i was a nipper. I had a deputy badge and everything. I was not to be messed with.

…………….to be continued……………………