Columnists - West Cork People

Luscious leeks

Karen Austin February, 2022

It’s like there is a switch in the middle of January which kicks everything into action again. Those few more minutes of extra daylight give out a message that even our geriatric chickens respond to. Suddenly we have eggs and all the green things in the garden perk up. We […]

Lifelong learning on the farm

Tommy Moyles February, 2022

There’s some good news on farm this month with a clear TB test this time out. There will be another test required 60 days from the latest one and if that is clear then restrictions on the herd will be lifted. The weather has been excellent too and, I hate […]

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How lobster went from poor to posh

Shane Daly February, 2022

Far from being the expensive dish we know it as today, in the 17th century lobster was viewed as a disgusting, shameful food, only to be consumed by the poorest of the poor. Shane Daly shares the history behind this contemptible reputation. In a previous article titled ‘Caribbean Credit Union’, […]

How our greatest strength could become our greatest weakness

Kieran Doyle February, 2022

Have you ever pondered, whether there is a point on the human evolutionary ladder, that will be our absolute zenith? If there is a peak in our evolution, then what follows must be a crash. For 2.5 million years, our ancestor’s progression had been miniscule. Yet in the last 500 […]

The cow in Irish folklore

Eugene Daly February, 2022

Cattle have been domesticated in Ireland since the fourth millennium B.C. They were of paramount importance in Irish society, which is reflected in medieval stories concerning cattle and cattle raiding. The celebrated brown bull of Ulster lies at the heart of the tale of the ‘Táin Bó Cuailgne’, which led […]

Welcome back world

Tina Pisco February, 2022

‘Who’d a thunk it?’ There we were on a dark Friday evening in January, watching the Taoiseach walk down that long flight of stairs to address the nation again. Thanks to the usual leaks to the media, we anticipated that some of the restrictions that ruined Christmas would slowly be […]

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