Not many people can lay claim to have touched hands with JFK, served Prince Philip at the dining table and counted legendary author, Enid Blyton, among the people they knew well. It was shortly after that historic event he met the Queen's husband, Prince PhilipThe circumstances around which John met the British Royal was linked to the latter being president of an association in London at the time. 'I used to talk to Enid Blyton every day, for a month, every year.' John met his wife in Boolavogue, and when she went to Britain she got a job in Woking, in Surrey. Of the different locations that he worked in during his life John said Swanage was particularly nice, albeit a very bleak place in the winter.

Source: Irish Independent May 21, 2021 21:56 UTC