Marie Gleeson

So I probably got a bit lost in that and that, you know, the people who maybe were keeping an eye on me wasn't there anymore.

And it was mixed.

So there was a whole transition in that time of your life.

The hormones are kicking in.

There's a lot going on.

And then my parents, my dad would be very entrepreneurial, spirited person.

So they bought a pub.

Now, we weren't meant to end up working in the pub, but different things happened.

Manager didn't turn up on the day, so ended up working in the pub.

Didn't know anything about pubs, you know, and suddenly very social person, quite outgoing, gregarious, loved the crack.

So I was, fell into lots of different things.

So my academic trajectory went definitely off the track.

So didn't do very well in my leaving cert, you know, didn't get the army, just missed out, got into a course in UCC I didn't really want to be in.

So a little bit lost.

Yeah.

And then the Navy pops up on your radar.

Yeah, so my uncle would have advised me at the time because I definitely wanted the army.

So he said, do the Air Corps, the Navy interviews.

I said, I'm not doing the Air Corps because I don't want to fly.

I'll do the Navy, no problem.