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Return from Australia: ‘I went back to O’Connell Street. Nelson’s Pillar is gone’

After 63 years down under as part of the ‘10-pound Pom’ offer, Dubliner Willy Lambe is back in his native city

Willy Lambe looks out the window back at his old family home on Church Avenue, Dublin, for the first time in 63 years. Photograph: Barry Cronin
Willy Lambe looks out the window back at his old family home on Church Avenue, Dublin, for the first time in 63 years. Photograph: Barry Cronin
Conor Lally
Sat Aug 20 2022 - 05:00
Conor Lally

Conor Lally

Conor Lally is Security and Crime Editor of The Irish Times
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