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The “man with the watch” has said he is surprised by the attention he has received from the Wild Atlantic Way to New York City after a viral photo of him drinking a pint at a local pub.
John Joe Quinn has become an overnight sensation after being photographed in a Galway pub with an alarm clock by his side to make sure he didn’t stay longer than an hour and 45 minutes under Covid restrictions. 19 of the government.
The photo struck a chord with the nation and quickly went viral on social media, while the New York Times picked up the story in an article ‘A man, a pint and a timer become symbols of Ireland’s pandemic rules ‘and had a poem written about it.
This photo is by Carravaggio for this age. A visual snapshot of a beautiful scene. Today I write my poem The Man with the Clock.@Pendemic_ie @ galway2020 @CTribune @galwayad @ TG4TV @rte @IrishTimes @thejournal_ie @rtenews @GalwayPlayer @ByrnesBooks @BooksKennys pic.twitter.com/aOA0LamkSf
– Rye Aker (@RyeAker) September 8, 2020
Mr. Quinn said he’s been overwhelmed by all the attention: “I’m amazed, with all the people, a lot of people taking me to the stores … people I’ve never seen in my life, you know, congratulating me and everything.”
Speaking on Galway Bay FM, Mr. Quinn said he was surprised to hear his favorite radio hosts talk about the viral photo of him: “I like the radio in the morning, you know Claire Byrne, oh especially Mary Wilson.
“She was talking about the man in the pub the other day, you know, and then I heard Bernadette Prendergast say that there is going to be a movie about me the other day, you know, and I said where this all comes from, you know. Everything is a surprise to me ”.
Publican Fergus McGinn took the original photo of his client, Mr. Quinn, at McGinn’s Hop House in Galway and posted it on his Facebook page.
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