What did you get from Santa? Some well-known Irish people tell Donal O’Keeffe about their most memorable Christmas present

Well Santy, it’s been a while, but I thought I’d get in touch. There are so many strange things happening in the world, anything’s possible.

Stephen’s Day, or to give it its proper title Stephenses….es n  Day is an underrated day. (The added es is part of a great Irish tradition of adding ‘extreme possessiveness’ to certain nouns to be sure, to be sure. Another example would be Jameseses Street in Dublin.)

Rose Martin says the number and range of rooms is bewildering at this out of the ordinary property near Blarney.