'I never knew how to read and write' - Meeting Fr Peter McVerry changed this Dublin man's life

"I met Peter when I was 10 years of age. I was homeless and Peter asked me one day what I was doing walking around Summerhill all day."

'I never knew how to read and write' - Meeting Fr Peter McVerry changed this Dublin man's life

As a young boy Paddy Fay, 53, used to wander homeless around Dublin's north inner city until one day he bumped into Fr Peter McVerry.

"I met Peter when I was 10 years of age. I was homeless and Peter asked me one day what I was doing walking around Summerhill all day," explained Paddy.

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