Season 28 · Episode 1
1. Let’s rob the bank next door...
Floored a coach, shot a springbok, ruled the rugby field: who was the real Blair Mayne?
Assume Nothing · BBC Radio Ulster
July 19, 202525m 9s
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Show Notes
Blair Mayne floored his own boxing coach at Queen’s University in Belfast, shot a springbok on the 1938 British & Irish Lions tour, and later stood sharp as a solicitor. The life of this Newtownards war hero was built for the big screen, but did they get it right? Soft-spoken leader of men, or natural born hell raiser? We find out about the Real Blair 'Paddy' Mayne.