Paddy Kirk: 'Kenny Cunningham came in and I was serving him the day of the Dublin derby. I never brought up that I'd be playing in it'

""I was working in As One, the coffee shop, when I was playing for the Bohs first team, in my first year there," Paddy Kirk recalls. "Kenny Cunningham does a lot of the commentary for Premier Sports, and had a studio around the corner. He came in and I was serving him that morning, which was the day of the Dublin derby [Bohemians vs. Shamrock Rovers]."

""I was asking him if he was covering the game later, and he was. We chatted a little about the match, but I never brought up that I'd be playing in it. I was thinking, later, 'This is the biggest game in Irish football and here I am, on match-day, serving Kenny flat whites.'""

Paddy Kirk experimented with photography while playing professional football. He developed a strong interest in coffee and photography that led to a book and a café venture. He worked at As One coffee shop during his first year with the Bohs first team. Commentator Kenny Cunningham visited the shop on the morning of the Dublin derby (Bohemians v Shamrock Rovers). Kirk served Cunningham and asked if he would cover the game later. He and Cunningham spoke briefly about the match, and Kirk did not tell him he would be playing. Kirk later reflected on serving flat whites on the biggest day in Irish football.

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