My name is Johnny McDaid. My mother still calls me John. I was called “John” after my father and he after his but then they called his father Jack. I have a certificate of my grandfather Jack’s in my studio - for his time in the war in Ireland. It says to John McDaid. We do that it seems in my family; call the first boy John then every other generation of Johns is found a new name. If I ever have a son, I would like to call him John and he will (perhaps) be Jack. I like both names.

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