John MacKenna
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119 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 6 Sep
John MacKenna’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And apart from half a Wellington boot in later years, that was him done with destruction.
He travelled with us across those fifteen years.
to the shops, on day trips, on holidays, on excursions to the mountains.
Following like some innocent, devoted Isaac in the rain and wind.
He padded along the banks of the river Barrow.
Walks that inevitably ended as swims.
And yet he was frightened of boats.
On a holiday in Mayo he had to be carried on and off a boat in Kong, and sat cowering on our laps for the entire voyage.
Solid ground was his safe place, and people, particularly children, were his constant and preferred companions.
He never once fought with another dog, and he patiently slept on the floor whenever the cat decided to requisition his bed.
He sat through parties and music gigs, head betwired his paws.
Eyeing the possibilities of fallen food or sympathetic visitors who might slip him a pizza slice or a biscuit.
He was as much a part of the house as any of us.
More so perhaps because he was there even when we weren't.
There to see us off to work, and there, no matter the lateness of the hour, to waggingly and delightedly welcome us home.
He hated the sound of gunfire and thunder and loud motorbikes and fireworks.
He loved lying among the daffodils watching the world trundle by.
But most of all, he was a dog with an astonishing capacity for affection.
For years he climbed the stairs to lie beneath the desk in my study while I worked.
Then the half landing became his place to rest.
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