Episode 3 I Lár an Aonaigh

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Well, we're in this market here since

they opened it. It's nearly 40 years.

But I spent 15 or 20 across the road

to bring it up to 60.

We're the oldest family in the market.

So, fruit and veg? How did that come about?

That's from my mother's side.

On my father's side they were dealers -

poultry, delph and horses.

So I couldn't go wrong, sure I couldn't.

Both dealers on both sides.

Were you sent in to work here, then, in the market

whenever your father passed away?

I was kept out of school to deliver stuff Tuesdays and Fridays

from my mother's shop.

I didn't want to work in this job at all.

I was more interested in motors at 17, 18.

I thought it was humming.

They come from all round, all walks of life.

We've been serving them for 40, 50 years.

Do you find that people will come here, buy their produce here

rather than go to the supermarket?

Well, this was all in the ground yesterday,

and it's in here this morning.

Spuds, carrots, cabbage, caulis. You name it. All the green stuff.

People like that.

You wouldn't get this anywhere...

I don't care what part of Ireland you go to,

there's real human characters and everything about here.

It's fantastic.

A couple of Canadian guys had the idea of putting a hockey team in here.

Nobody had any idea if there was going to be success at the time.

I remember the stories about the first game,

where they were trying to give tickets away

because they had no idea if anybody was going to come.

And it sold out instantly.

This month the Friendship Four tournament is coming to Belfast.

Also, the World Championships in the spring.

How important are international competitions to raise the profile of the sport?

I think they're huge. I think it says a lot about the sport

and a lot about Belfast. I think the Friendship Four,

it's the first time the US colleges have ever travelled

outside of the US to play for league points.

And it's the first time in 28 years we've held the World Championships.

16 years ago it might have been difficult to do here in Belfast.

And I think that shows how far we've come, so we're really excited.

Most of the players at the moment are from North America.

But there are projects in place to get more local guys coming through the ranks.

Yes, in Dundonald we've got our Junior Giants programme.

It's growing. I think there's over 200 kids in it,

getting close to 200 kids, boys and girls.

We'd like to see some kids coming up through the system

and playing for the Giants that are local. That's our ultimate goal.

# They say that I'm a blackbird

# Well, I never thought I'd see

# The day I'd look into his eyes

# Find he's as dark as me

# Didn't think it could be

# He walked with me

# He told me he was family

# These days I don't have many here

# That I could call my own

# But when I looked into his eyes

# I could see my soul

# I love him now

# I feel so blessed

# So honoured that he'd come to me

# Well, I'll stay here

# I'll always be near

# I see the pain inside you

# It's the same inside of me

# You can try to drown it, boy

# Sink it in whiskey

# But it'll still be there

# Every time, every single time

# That you come up for air

# It'll still be there

# At just 18 already

# You're fighting for your life

# Well, it ain't easy for someone

# Who has known such grief

# Ah, but it can be done

# And you have fight

# I have no doubt

# That you'll see the sun

# You'll see the sun!

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO

# They say that I'm a blackbird

# Well, I never thought I'd see

# The day I'd look into your eyes

# That you're as dark as me

# I love you now

# Do I already know you somehow?

# These days I don't have many here

# That I could call my own

# But when I looked into your eyes,

# I could see my soul

# I love you now

# Do I already know you somehow?

# Oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh

-BOTH:

-# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah! #

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