Sitting between our generation and our parents, Mick gives a different perspective on growing up in London and how life has changed over the years. From his early experiences to what Ireland has always meant to him, it’s a conversation full of stories, insight and a few familiar themes along the way.

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From drinking pints of milk and going with your dad to work, to being left in the car and weekends spent around GAA pitches. A time when drink driving and no seat belts were just part of life, we relive the routines, the freedom and the little things that felt completely normal back then.

We didn’t know any different, it was just the way it was!

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From packing up the car ready for the family adventure, to the journeys on the boat and arriving somewhere that always felt like home, we share the memories, the routines and the moments that made those trips so special.

Looking back now, it’s hard to imagine wanting to go anywhere else in the world.

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From cups of tea to brown sauce, biscuits and a few questionable combinations, we sample our way through the foods that shaped us growing up. It’s part nostalgia, part chaos and definitely not one for the professional chefs.

Think Saturday Kitchen… but much, much worse.

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In this episode the lads look back at what St Patrick’s Day was like growing up outside Ireland. From childhood memories of school discos, shamrocks and proudly wearing the green, to the slightly more chaotic adult years when the Guinness started flowing a bit earlier in the day.

Along the way we talk about pride, stereotypes, family traditions and the strange feeling of celebrating Irishness while not actually living in Ireland.

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From there, the conversation drifts into a nostalgic look at how the Irish showed up on the British TV we all grew up watching. From soap characters and sitcom stereotypes to the odd moments where Irish life actually felt familiar, we look back at the accents, the personalities and the memories that shaped how a generation of Irish Londoners saw themselves on screen.

It’s a trip back to the living rooms of the 80s and 90s, when the telly was always on and the Irish accent could pop up in the most unexpected places. As always, it’s nostalgia, plenty of laughs and memories that Irish families all across the UK will recognise instantly.

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We’re talking going to Mass, making our First Holy Communion and the strange mix of holiness, boredom, fear and family pride that came with it.

From itchy shirts and uncomfortable shoes to rehearsed handshakes with priests and the quiet panic of wondering if you were about to commit a mortal sin by accident. We relive the rituals that shaped our younger years.

Expect nostalgia, questionable behaviour in the pews and the usual pub level nonsense.

Bless us Father… for we have absolutely no idea what we were doing.

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Expect stories about family life, culture clashes, accents that never quite settled and of course the legendary boiled dinners that defined our childhoods.

This is where it all begins.

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