Ther wur ony amount o buddys whoar Ah was rared

Yer man McGarry sez ther wusnae ony Buddy in B’lfast in 1969. (‘Sorry Sir Kenny, but no-one in Belfast in 1969 was called Buddy,’ January 27, see link below)

Weel, he micht be richt but ther wur ony amount o buddys whoar Ah was rared oot in east Antrim.

Davy Wight, Carrick

Tim McGarry: Sorry Sir Kenny, but no-one was called Buddy in Belfast in 1969

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