Bernard O'Shea

But the reason why... And I actually found this out years ago.

The reason why all the houses are facing the door, right, was to do initially with water spike because there'd be pumps.

So you'd bring it around the back of the house and the front of the house where people entered.

But the doors faced the road, right?

Yeah.

But now, because roads are busier, you kind of go, God, why are we facing the road?

But because that's where all the houses were, that's how they did it.

And most houses down the country...

Are these things called Oliver Horace Plunkett or something like that?

I remember doing this.

So you'd get a small cottage.

Like the house I grew up in was a council house originally.

So you were given the bricks and mortar.

You had to build it yourself, right?

And then you got a half acre of land.

But that land was to the side.

right so your garden's always to the side and you've nothing facing so then people would go well I don't want to be facing the road so we go to the back of the house and now there's no fucking sunshine and we're all vitamin D deficient so it's like but I can't I don't think any house anywhere in Ireland could put it unless you're out in the wilds can put a bench out the front because the traffic Ray the fucking traffic you're right you're right they're flying down that road Ray they're flying down that road and I have no peace of quiet

But yeah, so yes, yes with the bench.

Yes with the bench, okay.

Don't add to it in the front of the house.