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'It was two o'clock in the morning Margot woke me and said 'there is somebody coming up the stairs, Mary'. I don't know where we put her as we had only one double bed. Oh Happy times.'

We didn't go much to the dance halls even though we were surrounded with the in Parnell Sq. We did attend the afternoon dance in Conaghies on a Sunday. It was there I met Kevin who was a medical student. We went out for a while. We would go to…

Tags: bicycles, boyfriend, first flat, first holiday, staying out late, theatre

'… this boy had seen me and sent me a letter via his sister who was in my cousin's class so she would bring the letters to me and they would be read in the toilet at lunchtime'

The only time Auntie got mad with me was when Olive O'Hara a girl from school and a few other class mates decided to row up to the Holy Well to do the Stations. We had to go up the river and then skirt a bit of the lake. I wouldn't mind but I was…

Tags: boyfriend, dates, priesthood, school