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Dublin Live
National
Amy Donohoe & Karen Morgan

TikTok star Grandad Billy on his love for technology, living through history and becoming internet sensation

The people of Ireland were living in fear on 12 March 2020, we were stocking up on toilet roll, staying inside and preparing for a huge lockdown.

When Leo Varadkar was announcing the nation's first lockdown, Grandad Billy was sitting in McDonald’s without a care in the world. Instead of living in fear, Mr Kennedy was loving life and enjoying a Big Mac.

As the lockdown continued, Billy found himself a bit bored and that’s when his granddaughter, Aine decided that they could make some TikTok’s to pass the time.

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