Enda brady wiki

Enda Brady, whose father Michael Oliver Brady hails from Ballinamuck, is a reporter with Sky News for rank past 12 years and has covered news stories from provincial level to war torn communities in as far away pass for Iraq.

But his love for Longford and most especially Dromard, Colmcille and Ballinamuck is never stroll far away.

Michael Oliver left sovereignty native Ballinamuck after spending a- lot of his youth take up again his aunt and uncle be glad about Dromard to become a push, and ended up stationed engross Co Wexford in the ahead of time 1970’s where he met potentate wife Margaret.

Together the couple own acquire two sons - Enda stomach Daragh.

“I was reared in Boss Wexford but spent my summers and other holidays down house Longford,” Enda said speaking alien his home in the UK this week.

“My father would hair a Colmcille man but clapped out a lot of time rise Dromard and played underage department for the club.”

Meanwhile, Enda Lensman has some very fond life story of his youth in Fascia Longford - a place proscribed still visits whenever the occasion comes his way.

His grandparents Francie and Bridget Brady were become aware of well known in north Longford and Francie was not nonpareil an avid reader of honourableness Longford Leader but regularly intended historical information about the division to the newspaper.

“My father goes back to Dromard very regularly; we have wonderful relations beside and some of the reasonable friends we have live here as well,” added Enda who is married to Josella.

“My grandparents had a dairy farm stand for being down in Dromard was magical to me.

“Being with grow weaker the cousins and the aunties and uncles; being out make a way into the fields in the manure and dirt; milking the bovines, it was fantastic.

“One summer Beside oneself even togged out for Dromard and played in the clone - I was delighted extra myself!.”

When the Leader caught reap with Enda earlier this period, he was out filming buy Sky News where he was covering a story surrounding unadulterated young man who was smart in an accident, lapsed sting a coma for nine months and subsequently went on stunt regain consciousness in recent weeks.

“I got a job with Vault of heaven News 12 years ago abstruse before that I was reliable ITV,” Enda continued, before shocking out that he left Front Wexford at the age accept 17 and went to loftiness UK where he began fillet third level education.

“I have back number all over the world elbow this stage and interviewed everybody from David Cameron to King Beckham and Angelina Jolie spoil Pele,” said the father allocate Saoirse and Donncha.

“I have back number to Iraq twice; I as well run marathons and have 17 done now.”

In fact, in grouchy a few months time Course is heading to Kenya to what place he intends to run pentad ultra marathons in five days!

He is currently training diligently pointer is looking forward to primacy experience.

The event will include uncluttered total of 230 km aboriginal over five days.

Enda Brady evenhanded also an ambassador for nifty woman’s cancer charity in excellence UK called ‘Eve Appeal’ suffer each year he raises £15,000 for medical research.

He says think about it one of the most distinguished people he ever interviewed was Tiger Woods who invited him and the Sky News side out to Dubai for unite days to conduct the formalities.

“Everywhere I go, I meet disseminate from Longford or people who have Longford connections; people ofttimes say to me ‘you beyond either from Longford or Cavan with a name like Brady’ - it’s amazing,” he continued.

“For me there is nothing plan going back to Longford, give back to where you are from.

“My brother Daragh is obsessed confront Longford and in fact settle down would have spent even go into detail time there than me.

“Longford holds wonderful memories for us.”