After more than four decades behind the big chair, Keadue dentist, Dr. Paddy Ferry knows the drill better than most. Now his patients at Leith Walk Dental Practice in Edinburgh are bracing themselves for a big change in their lives as he retires following over forty-five successful years. Paddy studied dentistry at UCD in Dublin and following his graduation in December 1976 he worked for a year as a house surgeon in the Dublin Dental Hospital before moving to Edinburgh, where he joined the Leith Walk practice as an associate dentist in 1977. Not alone did he keep the connection with the Keadue band, he has also dedicated twenty-eight years in organising the selection of the Edinburgh Mary for the Mary from Dungloe International Festival. One of Paddy’s enduring memories in Leith will be standing outside his practice when Hibs came down Leith Walk with the Scottish Cup in 2016, for the first time in 114 years.
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