Rory O'Neill AKA Panti

But there's something about he has to stay still and you're dragging this thing along his skin and you're being careful.

There's something incredibly intimate about doing that for your father.

and yeah so he died earlier in the year yeah we actually couldn't have picked a better moment he died in the beginning of april when the weather was spectacular for that time of year his garden his only hobby his only interest his only joy in life was that garden like he was a country vet so you don't get days off there's no farmers turn up when there's a sick animal and that doesn't there's no you know time on that

You know, he wasn't going to the pub in the evenings or going off on holidays.

He was out in his garden.

The weather was spectacular.

We even considered waking him in the garden.

Then my mother got a bit worried about flies or something.

But we had him in the living room and we have the doors that open out to the garden, you know, for four days because it happened coming over the weekend.

So we had him in the house for like four days.

Weather was spectacular.

Very Mayo.

The whole town was in and down.

You know, we're standing by that coffin for over five hours shaking hands.

My sister's hand swelled up like a balloon.

Just people in and out for all the days.

But everyone's sitting out in the garden.

The cute come in and, you know, pay respects.

Came in from the road and under his pink magnolia tree, which was in full bloom,

And then the co-op went on to say, oh, we've had so many inquiries about pink magnolias.