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My mom had
originally thought about living in Ireland - we would go to Ireland a
lot when we were younger. My Mom was friends with Austrian-Irish artist
Gottfried Helnwein, and we 'd stay at his castle, Castle Gurteen de La
Poer, in Kilsheelan, a few miles east of Clonmel. We'd all go to the
local pubs and dance to the music, and then when closing time came,
we'd head back to Gurteen and run around the castle grounds, or climb a
spiral tower to the top and lay under the stars, me drunk at seventeen,
until the sun peered through the crenellations.