Woman in the Making: Panti's Memoir (30 page)

In Niall and Frank’s unfinished house where I slept on a mattress on the raw concrete living-room floor for a year after I returned from Japan – which explains the look on my face.

“Panti Claws” swinging for Christmas shoppers’ amusement in the window of Makullas.

“Panti Claws” was plastered on the side of city buses offering her dubious gifts to Dublin.

CONOR HORGAN
Working the houndstooth check in the publicity shot for the final AMI in 2012.

Panti channelling “Chelsea Girls” on the poster for AMI, 2006.

CONOR HORGAN
Proudly proclaiming my Mayo roots in the poster shoot for AMI, 1996.

MARY FURLONG
With then producer of the AMI Trish Brennan, and Niall, backstage at AMI, 2000.

PETER FINGLETON
Crawling across the Olympia stage (probably to get a drink) at AMI in 2010.

PETER FINGLETON
Struggling under the weight of a mountain of hair at AMI, 2010.

MARY FURLONG
Backstage at AMI in 2006 with Dizzy, Shirley, Veda and Dolly. That lighting isn’t doing any of us any favours!

Dizzy daintily enjoys a lady-like drink while I work the crowd at AMI, 2012.

MARY FURLONG
With Tonie Walsh backstage at AMI in 2010.

CONOR HORGAN
Any excuse to get naked (with green platform boots). The poster shoot for AMI, 1998.

The poster for AMI, 2000, with Shirely Temple-Bar and Veda Beaux Rêves. Just like any regular family!