Bernard O'Shea
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And then there's Ciarán or Ciarán.
And he's a teenager.
He's participated in the Castletown Donkey Derby in previous years.
He's on the third donkey, which is called Miss Ellie.
But the star of the show is Joe O'Brien.
So he's the presenter stroke commentator.
And seemingly the guy who was shooting it on the day, Kevin Daly,
Yeah, I know.
Just handed Joe the mic and said, will you do the commentary on it?
So Joe had no past experience and that's what makes it brilliant.
He was just himself, very much himself.
And he got the name of Miss Ellie wrong through the whole thing, called it Marcelli.
They had to do two laps at the park and we take up the action.
when they're coming around the final bend.
We're coming around the final bend.
So you know enough there, I think.
Right, here we go.
Joe O'Brien, commentating on the Castletown Donkey Derby 1994.
Yeah.
So that's just an excerpt of it.