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This story of a 90-year-old Dublin grandad cooking a fry for his granddaughter has gone global on Reddit
ON FRIDAY, IT was Kildare woman Oriel Corway’s birthday – and every year her granddad Dessie cooks her a fry in the morning in his Dublin home to celebrate.
He was working away on it when she decided to snap a picture of this lovely annual tradition:
“My 90yr old Granda still insists on cooking me a birthday fry!”
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She decided to post it to Reddit that afternoon, and the site fell in love with Dessie and his fry – quickly making it to the front page three separate times and garnering close to 30,000 upvotes throughout the weekend.
Dessie was going global
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With millions of people on the internet thinking he’s a legend, Oriel tells DailyEdge.ie that he’s even better in real life:
Dessie is only loving the internet fame, too – with hundreds of comments praising him for his old school style in the kitchen:
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Reddit users were also commenting about how healthy and active he looked, and Oriel was only delighted to confirm that real life matches the appearance:
Telling him about how his story has become so popular on one of the biggest websites in the world last night has been great craic for the whole family:
“Myself and my cousin have just had a great time slagging him about his new found fame, asking him for his autograph and saying we may have to hire him security”
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Just a simple day-to-day moment in Dublin, shared with the world:
Bless.
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