Olunkunle’s school pals prove that the true Irish spirit is still alive

“A CROWD of us was going along the Shepherds Bush Road when out of a lane came a chap with a donkey — just the sort of donkey and just the sort of cart they have at home,” Michael Collins explained, recalling his days in London.

"He came out quite suddenly and abruptly and we all cheered him. Nobody who has not been in exile will understand me, but I stand for that."

There are certain things about this country that people do not appreciate until they have been abroad for a while. The first difference I noticed after spending almost two years in United States during the mid-1960s was the number of priests and nuns in the Aer Lingus waiting area at Kennedy Airport.