Mary Kennedy

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362 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 11 Jul

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Brendan O'Connor · Mary Kennedy - “I’m at an age now where I don’t care what people think of me” · 11 Jul 2026 podcast

But, I mean, my mother sent me to elocution classes.

She sent me to Irish dancing classes because I turned my toes in, still do.

And she sent me to elocution classes because I was so shy.

I couldn't ask for something in a shop.

But like, there's an awful lot of people who are doing jobs like we do, who are shy by nature, which you just, you know, take a deep breath and do it.

Well,

Well, I wouldn't call it scar tissue, Brendan.

I think it's kind of... Techniques or something.

Yeah.

And it's kind of just, I mean, I'm often in a situation where I would be, like even at the beginning of the week, the Camino, meeting the people who were going on the thing and I had to introduce myself to them and that.

I would be shy about that and I would be nervous.

And then you go into it always, always.

And this is what I say to people who are, you know, studying performance and getting up on stage.

You do get a wave of support and a wave of positive energy if you engage with people.

And I find that, I mean, I'm always nervous going out on stage.

So you have to push it a little bit.

You do.

You have to just push yourself forward and then you get the positive reaction.

And actually, can I just tell you, one years ago, we were doing a nationwide down in Newbridge silverware.

You know, they have this museum of style icons and they have the costume that she wore for that piece in the movie.

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