All this talk of the Banshees of Inisherin is making me a) want to see it (I’m a huge Brendan Gleeson fan; if you haven’t seen The Guard, you should) and b) want to go back to Ireland.
'So many Irish people...have a presence larger than their physical body' - yes! I love this. Uncommonly common. I feel a sense of home in some areas of Ireland that I don't find in places I would rather - eg sunny very southern France - and it calls me to the point that I think about Ireland more than is good for me. When I found out my dad was adopted and his real mother was Irish I wasn't surprised in the slightest
Ha! No surprise there, is there. I fell ill working in Dublin and was admitted to St Vincent's A&E, and there was a carrot-topped man in a Withnail overcoat who was apparently somewhat of a regular. I was totally out of it on morphine and when I came round hours later, he was sitting on the end of my trolley in the corridor and the nurse said, 'Ah, he's just minding you until we find a bed'. And he was, no bother at all. That would never happen anywhere but Ireland, I don't think.
'So many Irish people...have a presence larger than their physical body' - yes! I love this. Uncommonly common. I feel a sense of home in some areas of Ireland that I don't find in places I would rather - eg sunny very southern France - and it calls me to the point that I think about Ireland more than is good for me. When I found out my dad was adopted and his real mother was Irish I wasn't surprised in the slightest
Ha! No surprise there, is there. I fell ill working in Dublin and was admitted to St Vincent's A&E, and there was a carrot-topped man in a Withnail overcoat who was apparently somewhat of a regular. I was totally out of it on morphine and when I came round hours later, he was sitting on the end of my trolley in the corridor and the nurse said, 'Ah, he's just minding you until we find a bed'. And he was, no bother at all. That would never happen anywhere but Ireland, I don't think.
What a beautiful thing.
BRENDAN GLEESON LUCY PUT YOUR GLASSES ON.