McCartney Times

1. The Beatles first fan was Irish. The Beatles Tune-In author Mark Lewisohn tracked down Pat Moran who was originally from a strict Irish Catholic home in Liverpool. In a letter written to Pat from 1960 Paul McCartney described her as the band’s “number one fan.” As Lewisohn suggests something in The Beatles story touched Pat deeply, her father wasn’t such a fan sending his daughter to confession after committing the “sin” of chattering about The Beatles non-stop. She sent food parcels, gave them money and even arranged a holiday for the struggling musicians before losing touch when joining the Royal Air Force.

Source: 10 things we didn’t know about The Beatles and their Irish links