A man of many talents: Donncha O'Callaghan's return to TV

From homeschooling the four kids (he's the PE teacher, naturally) to losing his dad when he was a child, no subject was off limits when Pat Fitzpatrick met Donncha O’Callaghan to talk about his latest RTÉ show

Donncha O'Callaghan. Pictures; Larry Cummins

Donncha O’Callaghan doesn’t drink. I’ve always found that a bit odd. He’s a larger-than-life messer from Cork that plays rugby — I’ve known a few of them in my time, and they all like booze, and then some. So how come he never felt tempted to try it himself?

It goes back to the untimely death of his dad, Hughie, when Donncha was six years of age, which led to older brother Eddie taking on the role of father figure.