My day with Shane MacGowan: Scaling the walls of Enya's castle on a quest to find the forty foot
My first encounter with the Pogues frontman in 2008 brought me face-to-face with a very down-to-earth person who gave me some great memories that day in Dublin and many times afterwards, writes Alison O’Reilly
It was no surprise to find the Pogues frontman clutching a can of cider in one hand and holding a cigarette in the other when I called to his house one sunny June day in 2008.
I had co-hosted a radio show with his wife Victoria Mary Clarke on 98FM earlier that year, having interviewed her a couple of times previously, and we got along well.
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