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Mark O'Byrne

Mark O'Byrne

Dublin-based gold and silver authority; founder of GoldCore (2003) and founder/CEO of Tara Coins, minting Irish Celtic bullion coins.

Sep 23, 2026

4:15
Mm-hmm.
4:16
Then in terms of education, yeah, I was in a school up the road there called Rockbrook, and I started asking questions of authority at quite a young age.
4:22
I think it was my mom was always, you know, she was dragging me down to mass type of thing and telling me this is important and the truth is important and you need to know the truth.
4:31
And so that thing of you'll know the truth and the truth will set you free was always...
4:35
I remember hearing that in the church one time.
4:36
I said, "Geez, that's very interesting." And so in, in the school I was asking questions of the priests and of the teachers saying, "Really, Father, do you think I'll go to hell if I do that? Now, that doesn't really make sense." So I, I was asking questions and just trying to understand everything basically, because a lot of it didn't make sense, because I remember sitting in the kitchen with my parents and you'd be eating your breakfast in the morning, you'd be hearing all these horrific things happening on the news, and you'd be hearing about the wars and the famines, and I'd be, "What is going on in the world? Why has this happened? This shouldn't be happening." It didn't make any sense.
5:01
So the first school I was politely asked to leave because I was asking too many questions, I think.
6:09
Yeah.

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