WALKING WITH GHOSTS

As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hil ls near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, he harbou red a childhood desire to become a priest. When he was eleven years old, Byrne found himself crossing the Irish Sea to join a semina ry in England. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled and he quickly returned to his native city. There he took odd jobs as a mes senger b...[Read more]