A Leitrim's man Journey into Dusk Des Keaney was born and raised in Manorhamilton, but spent his working life in and around Dublin. He returned to live on the Barr Road in Rossinver but soon began losing his sight. This is his story. Des sitting with Paige overlooking Lough Melvin Reporter: '); '); He was too polite to ask. I could sense that a friend I hadn’t spoken to in a long time was interested in what my eyes could see. So this is my story. Everyone whose eyes stop working has a different story. Some have no light perception at all. Some can only dimly perceive light and shade. Some have ‘tunnel’ vision where a little central vision remains but the peripheral is gone.