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Thread #22222 Message #3385187
Posted By: GUEST
02-Aug-12 - 02:02 PM
Thread Name: The Ould Triangle
Subject: RE: The Ould Triangle
It may be of some some interest to a few of you, that Brendan was not very close to his immediate family, for what reason i don't know? But the one person he really loved and relied on was his grandmother. It was her that he would run to when things got bad. According to Dickie, she was, and always had been the one solid thing in his life, and the only member of his family to accept him for what he was. He may very well have been a flawed genius to everyone else, but she knew his ilk having lived in those same surroundings he now inhabited. She herself had lived in dire poverty for most of her own life. As a consequence she knew exactly what he was going through, and how to handle him. Brendan's wife on the other hand was not cut from the same cloth, and found his lifestyle to be a terrible strain. He would often invite complete strangers back to his home without telling her, and she would return home to find the place in total uproar. Her response was to have a blazing row and boot everyone one of them out, including Brendan! He would then dissappear for anything up to a week, before coming home again...A not too uncommon event in Dublin life according to my mam.