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Jimmy Murphy, Farmer – Ballinskelligs, County Kerry
‘That was a fresh breeze last night,’ says Jimmy Murphy. This is something of an understatement. I’d been on Bolus Head for five nights and already survived three thunderstorms. The one to which Jimmy is referring, the most recent, was also the most powerful. The cottage where I was staying was pitched just one small, scraggly […]