Achill Island

<p>Liam O'Malley was born in 1928 in Westport County Mayo not far from Achill Island. He was top of his class at the Christian Brothers School and on winning a scholarship to University College Dublin to study law; he could ?nally escape from the con?nes of Westport. Three years later with a ?rst class degree he continued his studies in London. Lunching at Lyons Corner House Trafalgar Square he became carried away by a piano trio playing music popular at the time. One day at the end of a performance Liam picked up a pile of music which the pianist had accidentally dropped. Unbeknown to him Claire Tebbit was the pianist in the trio. Liam invited Claire out to lunch and within two months they had fallen in love... </p><p><br></p>