Its sale realised £400, which De Valera donated to the Poor Clare nuns in Kenmare. The fish was the second to show up in the harbour that day after the first one literally got away. Local fisherman, John Francis Brosnan was only 19 on that fateful day when he incurred the wrath of skipper of 'The Morning Star', Joe Walsh. "It was lying on the deck and we had been keeping it alive all day. There was a crowd on the pier and a film crew had just arrived," Mr Brosnan recalled.