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Ahead of Father’s Day on June 19, four household names pay homage to the men that shaped them

Nuala O'Connor and her father Hugh O'Connor

Nuala O’Connor

Dear Da, I hope that in your elsewhere there are fields to roam, another Liffey Valley in the sky, with a big oak and yew at its heart, and your beloved river running through it. I hope the riverbank is soft enough to dig up, and that the mud holds bottles, ancient coins, and clay pipes galore — your kind of treasure.