Clare Byrne

It was the fairies.

Yeah, but I do remember when I heard that story, and I heard it so many times growing up, I always wondered what the person was doing in the field.

Like, they'd be walking the road home from the pub and they'd end up in this very well-known field that was very well-known to them.

For what purpose?

Do you think there might have been alcohol taken?

I'd say there might have been.

But it was so intriguing though when you heard the story as a child because the sun would come up and as the light came the gate or the entrance would appear which had not been there in the night.

You see, we have strands now for the next books here, Patricia.

And I don't mind how you sell that story about the field.

Like we've both heard it.

It's clearly real.

So, you know.

So as you leave the role of Laureate Linogue,

Are you optimistic about reading amongst our young people and our children?

Totally.

And we will have him here too, I'm sure, to talk about all of this.

Now, a listener says, I myself struggle with reading and focus.

My little boy is two and a half and I made the decision to read while I lay with him at bedtime.

He gets to bring six board books to bed with him every night.

Six.