Denis Lehane: Murty takes flight

The few tricks he picked up here dealing with cattle he can put to good use on unruly passengers, writes Farming Examiner Columnist Denis Lehane.

Unable to fly planes any longer due to lockdowns and restrictions, Murty filled his time with me here on the farm castrating bulls and dealing with scouring calves.

I have been asked on numerous occasions whatever became of Murty.

Indeed, a woman in Macroom town only last Friday evening, weighed down with groceries and bold children, stopped me in my tracks to enquire if he had gone back to flying planes.