In 1979, Paddy Reilly, the Celtic Folk and myself were asked to perform for the Pope in Trinity College in Washington D.C. We were singing Lord of the Dance when the Pope came walking through the crowd. My wife was holding our son who was 10 months old at the time. As the Pope neared us, I took my guitar off and handed my son to the Pope who kissed him and handed him back to me. Well, my wife and I just fell apart, crying, dancing and hugging our son tightly, till Paddy Reilly who had just shaken hands with the Pope said," Right lads, back to work!"