It's a Way of Life As Old As Connemara Itself.Now the Eu has Told Paddy to Put Away His Slean...
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PADDY GANNON knows the boglands of Derryherbert like the back of his hand. But then again, so he should. His family, including three brothers and five sisters, have helped cut and bring home the turf from their stretch of ancient soil in Co. Galway for more than 70 years.
As he stands on the two acres or so that he has known so well since boyhood, to the east lies the small village of Letterfrack and the dramatic peak of Connemara's Diamond Mountain. And way behind that, the region's equally magnificent Twelve Bens provide an awe-inspiring backdrop to the wilds of the Atlantic Ocean.See the full content of this document
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It's a Way of Life As Old As Connemara Itself.Now the Eu has Told Paddy to Put Away His Slean...
It's a unique, unspoilt, prehistoric landscape, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the whole of Europe. But to Paddy, now in his early 70s, and his 13 children and 20 grandchildren, it is largely one thing, and one thing only: home.
'I know I would say this, being born and bred here,' he explains simply, 'but there's nowhere else like it in the entire country, if not the whole world.' And there lies the rub. Because while so much of this exquisite corner of Connemara - and much of the rolling hills of the West - must by necessity be preserved for future generations, of which more later, one essential part of life here is about to irrevocably and unforgivab...See the full content of this document