Reminiscing on encounter with Cork-born entertainer Danny la Rue

The late Danny la Rue would have been 90 today. Dan Buckley recalls a memorable encounter with the Cork-born entertainer.

There were always two sides to Danny la Rue: one the tall and handsome Daniel Patrick Carroll from 10 Horgan’s Buildings on College Road in Cork, a man with broad shoulders who liked his after-hours pint and a bit of craic.

He served in the Royal Navy and once decked a drunken sailor for insulting his friend, Barbara Windsor.