Something was missing ... that’s for sure
There is something suspicious about a man who would behave in that manner, something that points to a character flaw of one sort or another. An Irishwoman can get away with it, but not a man.
Around Mullingar, they used to call Kevin Michael McGeever “the Yank”. He affected an American accent when he was flogging property out of a base in the Mullingar Park Hotel. Perhaps Mr McGeever thought, as others do, that the American accent brought authority to his business persona, as the US is the home of business. Perhaps he thought he had a starring role in The Quiet Man, and that most of those he encountered had never actually been to the States. Whatever it was, the accent should have been a giveaway. This guy wasn’t what he seemed, yet his net worth was estimated to be north of €3m at the height of the bubble.
