Denis Lehane: Outwintered animals are as sought-after as tickets to see Taylor Swift

The drums of Kilmichael did beat for the missing cattle

Hardy outwintered cattle are as sought-after as tickets to see Taylor Swift

I took a few cattle to Macroom on Saturday. I got a King's ransom for my trouble. 

The cattle I sold were all of the outwintered variety, and with our winter only just finished, and our summer just beginning, my timing could not have been better.