Denis Lehane: I'm like Peig Sayers only without the shawl

It's not every day you are involved in the winning of an All-Ireland.

A re-telling of my story took place at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Mullingar thanks to Dick Beamish, a master storyteller and winner of numerous accolades for spinning yarns. Picture: Gary McGivney

I was a big winner at the recent Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann and, better again, I didn't even have to go to Mullingar for the privilege.

I remained right here in Kilmichael with my rambunctious bullocks and a pair of stray mules. Events in the Midlands unfolded without me. My victory at the Fleadh, if truth be told, had very little to do with myself and all to do with a man by the name of Dick Beamish.