In a year-long project, photographer Ruth Medjber is asking 365 ordinary people to share their extraordinary tales. Here, she meets Pat Barrett, who speaks eloquently about his late mother, Mary Theresa
Pat Barrett photographed by Ruth Medjber for the series, Sin Scéal Eile.
I meet Pat Barrett in the Gravediggers pub in Dublin on what was supposed to be a quiet afternoon, but I don’t think that pub ever has a quiet spell. I’ve known Pat for over 22 years. We first met while working in a record store on Henry Street. We sit in the snug, get a round in and chat like it’s old times.
Pat is what I’d always describe as a good egg. An old soul, kind and compassionate. Pat has had an exciting career as a musician, he has travelled the world and has recently gotten married, so I’m surprised that it’s his mother’s story he wishes to share today.