North inner-city Dublin projects ‘beacons of hope’ for families in disadvantaged area
“You couldn’t go out anywhere without something happening to you – getting hit or slagged. From the age of six older fellas, about 13 or 14, would just hit you for the craic. You’d get so you didn’t want to go out.
“Then school for me was very hard. I was first in a school around here and I made friends but then I was sent to school inbecause I have dyspraxia and ADHD. So it was hard for me. It felt a bit mad going all the way to Crumlin. It was just out of the comfort zone. I had no friends over there. I was getting suspended week in, week out.”
An only child, his parents spilt up when he was 10. “It had a massive impact on me, because I could only see my dad once a week. I missed him. “At home I was hanging around with the wrong people, young fellas who were getting into trouble with gardaí and all that. It was just like, they were there and doing stuff for the buzz.
“I started coming to the NYP in September 2008, when I was 13. My mam brought me down and got me into the club. My da and uncles were members. It’s great. This club really did do a lot for me. It was like finding a family.”He loves football and was encouraged to play and eventually join a local team, and also learned to play guitar.
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