The One Man In The Unit Who Was Neither Awed Nor Intimidated By Mayne Was Eoin Mcgonigal. The Two Men

the one man in the unit who was neither awed nor intimidated by mayne was eoin mcgonigal. the two men had known each other since before the war. the two young men probably met on the rugby field, and had visited one another's homes and families. their friendship had deepened after they joined the royal ulster rifles in early 1940, and then together applied to join the commandos. 'they were absolutely inseparable, said one contemporary. when mayne became drunk and aggressive, only mcgonigal appeared able to calm him. as a catholic irishman from the south, mcgonigal might easily have been the butt of mayne's sectarian prejudice, but there is no evidence they ever exchanged a harsh word. it seems likely that mayne urged stirling to recruit mcgonigal, and felt a strong sense of responsibility for his welfare. 'mcgonigal is here with me,' mayne wrote to his sister in september, like a schoolboy delighted to find himself in the same class as his best friend.

JACK O'CONNELL as Patrick Sumner → THE NORTH WATER (1.02) “We Men Are Wretched Things”

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Dave: Why are Paddy and Eoin sitting with their backs to each other? Jim: They had a fight. Dave: Then why are they holding hands? Jim: They get sad when they fight.

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— the reports are not all reliable, but it is said that when eoin and blair were playing chess one evening, keyes tried to interrupt their game and blair either knocked him unconscious or hit him and chased him out of the officers' mess at the point of a bayonet. when he came round, or things calmed down, keyes threatened to have blair placed under close arrest. however, knowing all too well blair's standing amongst the men, keyes never followed through.

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