Colm O'Regan: Looking out for my namesakes... they’re still making O’Regans but Colms are on the wane

Us Colms are being pushed out of our habitats by Calum — or constantly mispronounced as Colin, Cullen, or Colon (always a pain in the hole when I hear that)

Comedian and Irish Examiner columnist Colm O'Regan pictured in Cork. Pic: Denis Minihane.

Every so often you will be asked a question that stops you in your tracks. One that makes you wonder 'what am I doing with my life?... have I made the right choices?'.

Yesterday I wasn’t asked one of those. The question “Are you the Colm O’Regan who wrote Fabrication of Arrays of Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Nanodots via Block Copolymer Self-Assembly ?" did not shake me.