We lived in a house in Cork called Tree Tops which was directly over the river Lee and all boats passing in or out of the port were clearly visible from the house.
My mother , as was normal at the time, gave birth to all seven of us (I was the last) in her bedroom overlooking the river.

She always claimed that as I was being born, on 13th March 1949, she heard great noises and celebrations coming from the river.
Her doctor (and friend) Billy Kearney went to the window and told her that it was the Inisfallen coming up the river back from Fishguard bearing the victorious Irish rugby team who had just won the Triple Crown and were carrying the cup in victory to Cork.

They didn’t win it again until 1982, when I was 33 (an significant age as all Christians know)

Could my 60th be a good omen for The Grand Slam (last won by Ireland the year before I was born) ?

Post Script at 12.15.

I have just had an inspiration and searched the archives of the Irish Times.
There sure enough it states that on Saturday 12th March 1949 in Swansea the Irish beat the Welsh to win the Triple Crown.
This gives them perfect time to be sailing up the river in Cork on Sunday 13th.