Damien's Diary: a Cavan Christmas story
Damien O'Reilly. My Dad was 33 when I was born. When my son Patrick was born, I was 33. So I can stand back at times and look at Patrick and think: “This is how my Dad saw and sees me through his eyes.” Hopefully, in time, we will reach the day together when Dad will be 99, I will be 66 and Patrick will be 33. The genes are excellent on Dad’s side so it is a reasonable expectation. Patrick is now 14 (you are now doing the maths working out the ages of Dad and I). When I was his age, I was waking up on Christmas morning in my Granny’s house in Ballyjamesduff. She lived to the ripe ol...