Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, veterinary surgeon
Desert Island Discs
00:00
The Only Thing That Mattered to Me
You attended a catholic boarding school. They had an obligation to take a certain amount of local boys as day pupils. And i know you had a difficult time there. What were you dealing with? I guess at the beginning, i just want to emphasize, tha, mammy, this isn't your fault,. You did your best, and daddy the same. But in the end, i didn't care about the punches and the kicks and the pulling i up of my under pants. The only thing that i could impart was something that could be felt. Sometimes the things we throw away ar most valuable, but we don't realize that till it's gone.
Play episode from 14:16
Transcript
