'God Bless Waterford' - Irish designer Paul Costelloe speaks on early days in Cappoquin
Sean O'Rourke and Paul Costelloe spoke about his life on the Insights podcast on RTÉ.
Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe reminisced over his younger days in the Déise in a recent interview with Sean O'Rourke.
Costelloe is possibly one of the most successful and internationally renowned designers to have come from Ireland.
His clothing and design products are sold globally. Costelloe was a personal designer for Princess Diana of Wales from 1983 until her death in 1997.
On the RTÉ podcast 'Insights', he sat down with O'Rourke to chat about his early life, being born the youngest of 7 children and getting 'kicked out' of the family home and moving to Paris.
O'Rourke asked him: "Before you were sent to Paris, am I right in thinking that you went at the age of 16 to work in a pig factory in Cappoquin in Waterford?"
Costelloe replied: "Yeah, and God bless Waterford.
"I was working in a few areas including where the ham is cured and then I ended up in the office, grading the pigs."
He went on: "It was a great experience and I rode for Cappoquin very briefly on the water. Then the dance on the Sunday night was a big thing."
Costelloe lived in Cappoquin for around a year, referring to it as a time of: "No bad memories. Just a good life experience."
The interview in full can be listened to on rte.ie.
