Peter O'Brien
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My pleasure, absolutely.
Yeah, I think I was probably born with a pencil in my hand.
I drew all the time.
And, you know, when I was at O'Connell School's Christian Brothers, I spent all my time drawing ladies in dresses, which was very strange for a boy in a Catholic school.
But I always drew.
Did you get bullied for that?
No, because you kind of develop strategies.
I was really good at English, so I used to write people's English essays for them.
And I'm really ashamed to admit this.
And all the women, if they are listening, will beat me up.
I used to draw naked women with huge bosoms.
So that made them very happy.
So I was kind of a class mascot in a way.
I was a strange boy.
But yeah, that was my survival tactic.
Yes, because I was weird.
And we used to have to play football on Wednesday afternoon in the Phoenix Park.
And I hated it.
I can't begin to tell you how much I hated it.
And I complained so much that they actually allowed me.