Poet Antonio Aguirre and visual artist Vicente Jáuregui dropped by Iglesia del Carmen and invited me to eat out with them in the Aguirre estate in Barrika. They brought along with them their Irish friend Phelim Kelly who spoke Spanish like the locals. A writer, critic, artist and actor, Phelim had lived here in Spain for quite some time. When he took up residence in London, that is where he met both Antonio and Vicente who were then enjoying there a work grant from the Basque government. Late in the evening, Phelim was scheduled to fly to London to report for work on the set of the movie "The Door," where he plays the role of a tramp.
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