I will never forget the first trip and in particular, the characters I met on the Holyhead ferry. I was flabbergasted when the entire carriage burst into tears on the journey from Dún Laoghaire into Westland row. Picture: Clare KeoghSarah Coffey's festive highlight was going to see the panto in the Cork Opera House every year. "My Auntie, Josie O'Connell, now deceased, was a prized baker in the Cork Examiner Christmas charity baking competition on many occasions. Later in the afternoon, we got a bottle of red lemonade and my father had a glass of whiskey.

Source: Irish Examiner December 23, 2020 11:48 UTC