Ryan Tubridy

Well, only this morning, because it was a school local to where I live, I called over with three boxes of books, dropped them off.

And one of the girls in the school, it was a girls' school, said to me, she must have been about probably 12, 13.

She said, my great...

great aunt taught you when you were little I said you're great great how old am I how old is she she said she's 102 she was yeah she's alive and well Miss Kearns she taught me when I was six actually if not seven in school and she taught me how to read and taught me a love of reading Miss Kearns and she's alive and well

102.

Anyway, be late, happy birthday.

I did a message for her on her 100th birthday because her family got in touch and she's 102 now.

Wow, what a woman.

What an important woman she was to my life, I have to say.

Anyway, got three books.

Miss Kearns, I'm still living the dream.

Thank you for teaching me to read.

I got those books back to the school and now you're great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great.

Granddaughter, grandniece is reading them, which is great.

So that was good.

Well done to the teacher in that school and to the librarian.

And thank you to the receptionist who helped me with the books today, which was great.

Actually, I was carrying them and going, I'll manage.

They were very heavy because a lot of hardbacks, a lot of first editions and stuff.

I'll manage.