Omagh Academy

Oh, yeah, definitely.

And, you know, I never got any sort of, you know, kicked back at all whenever I was, you know, doing that and particularly through, you know, St Pat's Academy in Dungannon and, you know, working within Colgan and bringing sides together and even we took a side, a mixed side, down to Limerick to play a match and that, you know, and the guys, you know, it's like the guys were on the bus together and they played together and that unity was fantastic and, like, I suppose in any sport, whether it's football, or rugby or comedy, I'd love to see everybody playing the games, you know, because it's the only way to go forward and it's a great labour for everybody.

I know, and you talked to me about your son, that you encouraged him to play.

So to give context for people who are listening that are not from Northern Ireland, the North of Ireland, whatever anybody wants to call it, traditionally Protestants would play rugby and Catholics would play Gaelic, for those listening who are not from here.

I noticed it last night and it gave me the shudders whenever you were talking because we've just been through that process in our house.

But you said that you didn't pass 11 plus, but you went on ahead to the academy, isn't that right?

Yeah, well, my sister passed the 11 plus and then my brother, Oliver, my sister Heather, you know, she passed 11 plus, she went to Academy and then I did it.

And then my father said, well, they asked the teacher, do you think he's capable? And they said, yeah.