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Marie Gleeson

πŸ‘€ Speaker
511 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

Yeah.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

So I think that but I think the week that we were there because he was 814 and he was gorgeous and there's a beautiful my favorite photo of him in the book.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

What a gorgeous child.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

He was like gorgeous.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

Yeah, I do think every mother thinks their child is gorgeous, but I really think he was beautiful.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

And his name actually means little dark prince.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

And he absolutely was.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

But unfortunately, you know, everything that was wrong with his heart was wrong with his heart.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

But he had this amazing first couple of days where, you know, we got to christen him.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

Grandparents, aunts and uncles got to come in and meet him.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

And when it went badly, badly wrong for us at the end, again, you know, we all have different beliefs around the world.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

Some people have beliefs, some people have none.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

But my granny was very, very sick at the time.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

She should have died before Christmas.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

Her kidneys had failed.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

And this was the 13th of January and she passed away on the 13th, Friday the 13th.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

And I genuinely thought she was taking CiarΓ‘n's place.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

So kind of give us a lift.

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

And then he crashed going to surgery and

The Claire Byrne Show
Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain

Yeah, we had a horrendous time in the Coombe with a fantastic team of people around us, but not our family, because my family were at the funeral and John's family were very ill at the time, so they couldn't come in.