Pat Green (1926-2016) – Damhros, Letterard, Co. Galway

Pat Green (1926-2016) – Damhros, Letterard, Co. Galway

Feb 27, 2025

‘Farming never paid around here,’ says Pat Green, as the evening sun spreads over the barren rocks beneath his Connemara home. ‘Just look at the colour of that land! It is not great by any means. There are more rocks than soil. Even if you had a thousand acres, you...
The Irish Pub – Media Coverage & General Applause

The Irish Pub – Media Coverage & General Applause

Mar 11, 2022

‘Delightful’ says The Irish Times. ‘Fascinating’ concurred the Independent-on-Sunday. ‘A brilliant history of the Irish pub’ declared Country Life. ‘A masterpiece of pub porn’ said the Sunday Independent. Turtle’s...
Paddy Heneghan (1922-2012) – The Ghillie of Delphi, County Mayo

Paddy Heneghan (1922-2012) – The Ghillie of Delphi, County Mayo

Jan 23, 2022

Still working flat out at the age of 86, Paddy was the third generation of Heneghan to work as a ghillie at Delphi Lodge. He knew all the secrets to becoming a fish whisperer by the time he was a teenager. He learned the hard way, earning the wrath of his grandfather...
The Murphys of Ballymurphy, County Carlow

The Murphys of Ballymurphy, County Carlow

Nov 25, 2021

An interview with Simon Murphy (1929-2015) & Jimmy Murphy (1934-2018), the cover stars of the fourth Vanishing Ireland book, about their life as cattle and sheep farmers in the Blackstairs mountains above Ballymurphy, County Carlow. ‘I go up the mountain every...