Nulty connection to Dunderry

Patrick Nulty is,to the best of my knowledge,the first indigenous person from Blanchardstown to have been elected to the Dail.Just as Kilbride and Robinstown are part of Dunderry Parish,so is,to my mind,Mulhuddart and Clonsilla part of Blanchardstown Parish.
In my youth Blanchardstown Church was the main parish Church,with a subsidiary Church in Porterstown.There was no Church in Clonsilla nor Mulhuddart and when we lived on the Shilleran Road in Huntstown Lawn in the 1970's a Mass Bus used leave Mulhuddard Village each Sunday for nine o clock Mass in Blanchardstown .
As far as memory serves me Partick Nulty's grandfather and granny on his father's side were long time residents on the Shilleren Road ( rechristened the Blakestown Road) and I vividly recall many animated conversations with her as she rested from her bicycle on her journeys past our house.A grand woman.I would say that she was a very hardworking woman .I think her husband had a bad accident late in life.
Those times there were two competing clubs in the Parish.Brigid's GAA Club,which we belonged to and St.Mochtas Soccer Club,who I never played with ,but my brother Benjy did.A lot of lads would have played with both.
Patrick's uncle Nicky was a skillful footballer and I played underage football with him in Brigid's up to under 21 level.He played a few Senior games.He was fairly good and very skillful but on the small, side and came in for considerable rough treatment from the opposition.He was also a skillful soccer player and played with Mochtas,where at one stage all the players adopted the names of Manchester United players of the day and he was known as "Buchan".
He got less abuse at soccer and stuck with it rather the Gaelic.
His younger brother Vinny also played with both clubs and was a good footballer too.I didn't play with him but my younger brothers did.He gravitated more towards the soccer ,where he became a committed administrator.I wouldn't know Patrick's father at all but am certain that my brother Benjy would.
Nicky's son is the spit of his father,is great friends with my nephews and has  played for many years with Erin Go Brath,which my brothers founded and which Cecil in particular has helped establish as a fixture on the GAA map of Dublin West.
Another uncle of Patrick is Shane ,a good friend of my family,a great friend of my brother Martin and a resident of Kilbride in this parish for some time.
I am delighted to be able to congratulate all the Nulty's (including those from River Road ,Blanchardstown ) on the success of Patrick and it is indeed great to see one of our own getting on politically.