‘I’d like to apologise to all my teachers on record here’ – Sam Mulroy’s journey from building sheds to earning a master’s

‘I’d like to apologise to all my teachers on record here’ – Sam Mulroy’s journey from building sheds to earning a master’s

Sam Mulroy is talking about his homeplace, Monasterboice, a few miles north of Drogheda, delving into the family environment that helped shape him. Naomh Máirtín GAA club is right beside the Monasterboice Inn, where we meet, and he explains that he grew up “five minutes from here”, where both sides of his family have deep roots.