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And I was then, and still am, a sailing officer. I've gone to school in my parents' home country of Ireland, where I spent my early years as a chartered surveyor, and I've worked at the Rt Hon Tom Harkin and Lord Hutton Maritime and Heritage Trusts in the UK. My father was a builder, and my mother a gardener. I was born on a farm in the south-western region of Dublin in 1916. My father was an Irish Catholic. My mother, a Catholic. My father was an American. I was raised by my aunt and uncle in a Catholic family in Dublin, and I'm proud of them. The family did not have a real church but went to church in the parish church. My father was a barrister. My mother was a teacher. I was born in Ireland with a wife and two brothers. My father was both a fisherman and an engineer. I was born in Scotland. I'm no historian, but my own family history is of Irish Catholics. I have a great sense of humour. I've been a little bit of a bit of a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit