I thought Covid had the last laugh, I though Covid had killed off any chance I had of going to another gig in 2021... But I was wrong! Somehow Paddy Casey and Whelan's in Dublin managed to put on an early gig that passed all the current Covid restrictions. So, 3 days after Christmas, I headed up to Dublin for a 6:00pm gig. I've seen Paddy on many occasions, a lot of them during the Christmas season, so to continue on with this tradition, even in a pandemic, was a great Christmas present. As I said, the gig kicked off at 6:00pm and was done by 7:40pm. A short gig by Paddy's standards, but everyone had to be out of the venue by 8:00pm so there was no messing around. The gig was great, all the fan favourites were played, a few from his new double album ' Turn This Ship Around '. Saoirse Casey also played a couple of songs mid set and, as always, was great! Anyway, that's it, that's all there was to it. By 8:00pm I was in my car and heading for home. By 9