Being born in the basement of a Dublin tenement six weeks before World War II broke out would sound to most like the stuff of nightmares.
But Peter Brannigan cherishes what he admits was his “tough” start in life and said he counts himself “lucky” because he was surrounded with love.
The 82-year-old is closely involved with the tenement museum at 14 Henrietta Street which has transformed his childhood home into a living memory.
