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Declan Kavanagh
Anthony Doyle
My name is Declan Kavanagh, I suffer from mental illness. I attend the Troy Social Club every Friday night. I first started 20 years ago and I find that it gives me the confidence to go out beyond the club and meet people. The troy Club has changed my whole social life. I used to have no friends and life was very boring and lonely for me at the weekends. I now organise a pool competition at the club and we have a great bit of fun and craic. I have met a lot of people and made a lot of friends. I look forward to my Friday night.
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Stephen Savage
Simon Hughes
My name is Stephen Savage. I think about the club every Friday on the way out on the DART. I look forward to my night ahead. Years ago I used to be very competitive especially when it came to table tennis. I am not afraid to admit I hate losing, but I will say the Friday club has brought me along in leaps and bounds, it has changed my life. I would usually stay in my bedsit and feel quite useless. Now I have a great feeling about myself and self-worth.
My name is Simon Hughes. I have been coming to the Friday club for five years. I used to stay in a lot and not do much at the weekends. I started going to the club on the advice of a friend I met in Venegas House Day Centre in Dun Laoghaire. I find it gets me out of the house and gives me an interest which I didn’t have before. I socialise and play games at it and its great craic. I look forward to my Friday nights now as the people there are great.
Derek Finglas
Theresa Lynch
My name is Derek Finglas. I come to the Troy Social Club every Friday night for over a year now. I look forward to Friday night as you can let yourself go and feel part of the group and people will like you for being yourself. I find everyone very friendly and I also like myself. I want to thank everyone there for giving me a great night as I used to sit in and watch television and feel quite bored as it was the weekend. Now I think Friday is the best day of the week. Thank you everything.
My name is Theresa Lynch. I am the Treasurer of Dun Laoghaire Mental Health. I am a carer in the Dalkey Troy Social Club.
I first started 16 years ago and I have seen a lot of people come and go. When they first start a lot of them are not that well, after a few weeks you can see them come out of themselves and gain a lot of belief in themselves. It makes me feel good to be part of it. They are a great bunch of people and I admire every one of them.