Ag Taisteal Tríd Ama:

Chéad comaoineach mo aintín Helen a bhí ann an lá seo. Bhí mo dhaidí bliain d’aois ag an am. Bhí sé ag cleachtadh a bheith ag siúl thart faoin am chéanna. Bhí an teach callánach mar gheall ar na daoine go léir a bhí ag rith thart. Bhí mo dhaidí ag ithe seacláide agus chumil sé a chuid lámha salach ar gúna nua deas bán m’aintín. Ní raIbh cuma aingeal uirthi nuair a tharla sin!

This was the day of my aunt Helen's first communion. My own dad was a year old at the time. He was practicing how to walk around then. The house was very noisy with all the people running around. My dad was eating chocolate and he rubbed his dirty hands all over my aunt's new white dress. She wasn't so angelic when that happened!

Oisín Mac Cartaine, Rang 5