'My hero in life was my uncle James, a brother of my mother'

'My hero in life was my uncle James, a brother of my mother'

Billy Gallagher remembers his uncle James who was a strong positive figure in Billy's life.

Billy Gallagher

Trinity College Dublin

1945

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Billy Gallagher

Childhood and Early Life

Life Story

Strabane, Co. Tyrone

1940's

My hero in life was my uncle James, a brother of my mother. He drove a lorry in his father's potato business although he would go on to inherit a substantial portion of it. James was only interested in driving the lorry and drinking in any pub he managed to stop at, and there were quite a few. I never saw James drunk in my life although he got through a large percentage of his life in pubs. Neither did it impede his driving, ever. Somehow drink driving was not considered in those days.

Irish Research Council for Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS)

Dr Kathleen McTiernan (Trinity College Dublin)

Dr Deirdre O'Donnell (Trinity College Dublin)