Typo!
Ahead of Sunday’s GAA Football final replay between Dublin and Mayo.
Maria Brosnan-Barrett writes:
A heartwarming story that I really want to share with GAA fans…
My son, David Barrett (6) has been to every Mayo game this year, apart from the drawn final. We struggled to get tickets and it was breaking our poor little man’s heart. We had to take down the poster of Aidan O’Shea from his room as he was so upset.
Then an incredible thing happened…
My husband was having a pint in our local pub Mulvihill’s, when he started telling the story to our local barman Darragh (a Corkman better known as “Hightower” on account of his small stature!).
A stranger sitting on his own at the bar overheard the whole story, and fell into conversation with my husband about GAA, the price of milk, and all kinds of other things.
He left the bar late in the evening and said to my husband “your son’s name is David, right?” My husband replied yes.
He never knew anything about the man, apart from the fact that his name was Conor and he had very pronounced dimples when he smiled.
Two days ago, a letter arrived to Mulvihill’s addressed to “Master David Barrett, Mayo’s biggest fan” and Hightower’s jaw nearly dropped when he saw a ticket to the final in the envelope!
Little Davey wrote him a letter (above) and I just want to let Conor know, if he ever sees this, that his kindness will never be forgotten.
Mmf.
Conor of the Dimples, may your generosity be visited back upon you tenfold.
Sound out.
Aww. That’s just lovely.
What a gent.
Wouldn’t you get so much more satisfaction from making someones year by giving them a ticket like that, instead of selling it for a few hundred yoyos and peeing it up agin the wall
*Mayhoo
Haha
lovely.
I needed that. Enjoy the match, young man
Sending a child across the country to experience his first of a lifelong chain of disappointments.
What a bad man.
;p
:-D
1 ticket? Is the 6 year old going to go on his own?
They’re made of tougher stuff on the wesht shide. He’s sinking a few strongbow on the train right now
That was class, he didn’t leave his full name or reveal anything about himself, he just did an extremely kind thing without looking for recognition. Good on him.
Heartwarming.
Not sure how this post fits into the relentless narrative of right-wing conspiracies, victimhood, deprivation, discrimination, misery and oppression by the system that is the lifeblood of BS.
the odd cat too, in fairness
Wonderful story.
What a kind and thoughtful thing to do.
**A** ticket?!?! Trekking all the way up to De Big Schmoke on his own as a 6-yo… that’ll put hairs on his chest.
Groomers be grooming.
That’s brilliant, still hope they’re hammered mind you.
Nice story
be as well to hold off putting the o’shea post back up, though
I heard Hightower stole it.
And then made an uncomfortable getaway… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAPk9KZbdAE
Shame that proper fans from each county cannot get tickets and yet tickets are sent to counties with no interest in the game get tickets
Tonight, in a bar in Mayo a Senator’s father will tell every stranger a heartwarming story about his daughter’s devotion to the county’s senior football team.
‘Divil ya’
Just wait until Michelle Mulherrin gets wind of this. There’ll be ructions.
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Yer sending the lad to the match on his own?
What’s the number for child services?
Pass the sick bucket when you are finished..
Nice story..
Shame they’re going to get pumped.
Can I just saaaay, (a la Joan Burton) that I’ve just watched a tribute programme to Terry Wogan. What a fantastic guy – and what a disaster that Tubridy was allowed to infiltrate the programme (presumably in the interests of having Irish guys on the prog.) Yeuuuuch.
I watched that too Shrek
I dont even know why Tubs was called up for it
Like, did they ever actually work together?