He tells Mary McCarthy about his 50 years of work, his belief in good luck – and why he’s not going to retire any time soon
William Gormley has been working since 1973. Photo: Gerry Mooney
?In the 1940s, my dad, Terence Gormley, was working in a butcher shop in Parnell Street in Dublin with Thomas le Blanc.
They decided to open their own business and approached Ms O’Neil who had a butcher shop in Dorset St, who they correctly thought might be considering retirement.
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