<p>Liam O'Malley was born in 1928, in Westport, County Mayo, not far from Achill Island. He was top of his class at the Christian Brothers School and on winning a scholarship to University College Dublin to study law; he could ?nally escape from the con?nes of Westport. Three years later, with a ?rst class degree, he continued his studies in London. Lunching at Lyons Corner House, Trafalgar Square, he became carried away by a piano trio playing m...