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Baz Ashmawy admitted that investigating Fungie’s disappearance has taught him to stop taking life for granted, describing the story of the Dingle dolphin as a real-life ‘Disney fairy tale’ that got lost.
Baz told the Irish Daily Mirror: “It was very emotional.
“And all the people I met, the stories, I felt like the wake of someone I didn’t know.
“Fungi is like a rock star. As if people traveled from all over the world to see it.
“It was a mind-blowing true story and I fell in love with the idea of him at the time.”
(Image: Brian McEvoy)
Baz said he wasn’t sure he was the best man for the job at first, admitting he was a bit cynical before his trip.
Yet enchanted by the stories he found and the love and loss he felt from those who embraced the ‘fairy tale’ during the 37 years he was there, he admitted that it is now one of his biggest regrets for never having experienced magic. by Fungie.
The 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy star added: “It’s one of my true regrets that I never took my kids there.
“There is an element of having that reflection on how this year has been and taking things for granted and you know, one day they go away and you think, I shouldn’t take the little magical moments for granted.
“And there was a feeling of that and a feeling of slight regret and conscience.”
Fungie’s Kingdom is December 27 at 7:30 pm on RTE One.
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