""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 is a former professional footballer who experimented with photography while playing. He developed a love of coffee through working in a coffee shop during his time with the Bohs first team. That role led to memorable moments on match days, including serving media figures such as Kenny Cunningham before a major Dublin derby while Kirk was due to play. Kirk's photography evolved from experimentation into a larger creative focus. His combined passions for images and coffee culminated in the release of a book and the launch of an associated café venture.
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