Bernard O'Shea: 'I have fantasies about Dermot Bannon walking into one of my creations'

My contrived mind delusions are, to put it mildly, embarrassing

Dermot Bannon features in Bernard O'Shea's daydreams. Picture: Moya Nolan

In 2013, author Jon Methven wrote in The New York Times, "The problem is that people are daydreaming incorrectly. Because of widespread misuse, daydreaming has achieved the rank stigma of slothful procrastination."

I am a daydreamer. If Walter Mitty could climb inside my mind, he'd think, "this guy is ridiculous." The only thing I would get into trouble for in school was zoning out in the middle of a class. I could be miles away and unaware of where I was. I remember a teacher asking me, "Are you anywhere nice today, Mr O'Shea?" I quickly snapped out of it and tried desperately to remember what class I was in.