What a Difference a Day Makes: A honeymoon resort, and I was there on my own!
In January 2022, Cork director and writer Lochlainn McKenna, then in his late 20s, had a moment of intense loneliness on a Costa Rican beach. He tells Helen O’Callaghan how it solidified his sense that life is about connection and sharing experiences with others
Lochlainn McKenna: "I couldn’t have been more free, but I didn’t feel free at all. I felt lost. And yes, it definitely added to me."
In January 2022 I went on a trip to Mexico with two Belfast lads — Aidan, a cinematographer I’d collaborated a lot with, and his best friend Fox. It was my first time meeting Fox, he became a great friend too.
We flew out at new year — it was really a whim, a last-minute idea that had come to us at Christmas, just to get out of the bleak winter. We spent three weeks there. We had an unbelievable time, the best craic.
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