Hugh Leonard was not the most popular of our artists but he was always a friend to Dwyers Restaurant and always gave it great praise both in his column in the Independent and on his appearances on RTE.
I always found it easy to like him for that.

In the film about his life on RTE last week; Odd Man In they gave a sound bite from one of his plays which I cannot remember accurately but will give my best shot at; I just love it and it reminds me of his terrific wit.

It was spoken with a lady with a cuttingly south Dublin accent.

“All this business about richmen, and camels and eyes of needles is all rubbish, as Father O Sullivan explained it to us last Sunday that doesn’t apply in places like Dalky or Kiliney where poverty has been eliminated”