it's an old medieval abbey outside limerick. so she died in--she died in new york and we had her cremated and we took her back there. she used to say, 'i want to be buried with my own people in mongrie.' and -i said--she was a large woman as you saw from that earlier picture, i said, 'do you know the cost of transporting your body to ireland?' so we cremated her anyway and took her back and five or six days of grief and celebration. c-span: when did she die? guest: 1981. december of '81. oh, yeah. oh, my--that's the can of ashes that we were sprinkling. it was a very strange occasion because there were--malachy was there and our wives were there and a group of friends. and i think we'd all drifted away fro--i--what i remember mostly a--abo--was our awkwardness at what--i mean, usually we're not caught short for words. but --i think malachy and i felt a bit awkward at--on this occasion because we simply didn't know what to do. usually you have a priest taking care of it, but i j--there was a pause, we sprinkled the ashes, then i'

that's the mayor of limerick. when i went back to limerick last year, ali received with open arms. it was like they were so proud of me. >> host: received with open arms? >> guest: yeah, 600 people invited me out for a pint. but this time when i went back, there was change. >> host: in july? for what reason? >> guest: for the launch of the paperback and another tour of ireland. by now they've read the book and there were some book of critics. >> host: like do they confront you? >> guest: the same books i received with wild acclaim last october. there was another line for signing books. a woman at the head of the? said you're a disgrace. the things he said about the boys. >> guest: i said, when did i say that? >> guest: they hustled her off. another woman behind me said you've got to be at the hastert. so this grim looking character comes up and takes a picture. it's a picture of the school, the class picture from the book. puts it on the table and says do you know what that is? >> guest: i said yes, but the class picture. he says where am i in that picture? he says you don't know h