Presentation Brothers

His story was rooted in Cove, he came from a large family and he lived at 9 Thomas Street.

He was educated by the Presentation Brothers and as I said he was a sportsman particularly known as a hurler.

Politics, though, had become very much part of family life.

Two of Patrick's brothers were involved in the Republican movement, and Patrick himself joined the Volunteers in 1916, that pivotal year in Irish history.