he was also eugene ferry. he was aged 62. he was from the creggan estate.st of his life. my mum's lorraine, and they got together in 1979. and they married in 1984. he was a big man, but he was a larger—than—life character. most of the photos he's in, he's either dressed up, he's having a laugh with his friends — he was a bubbly sort of person. here in derry, everybody knew me daddy or else me daddy knew them. people just knew him from like pubs and stuff. like, it wasn't his job to be an entertainer but once the singer stopped in the bar that night, like, he was always encouraged, you know, to sing. people just gradually brought their chairs closer to me father. "name the song," and he would... he would give it a go. # falling in love...#. in the summer, our mood lifted — we were able i remember him — like, the restrictions was lifting and he was, like, at 12 o'clock at night, "we're going, "we're going to the caravan." that's how... he was like a big child on christmas day, waiting for the restrictions to lift. coming into september, everybody was enjoyin