Colm O'Regan: 'Curiously, there are no museums dedicated solely to what happens if the potato crop does not fail'

"I love small museums. Because you can finish them. There is no anxiety about all the bits you don’t have time to see."

Pic: Roger Kenny

I’m not saying we had a classic Irish holiday, but I am saying we went to a black pudding museum. The Clonakilty Black Pudding Museum to be precise. Normally in these circumstances, to avoid endorsing a product, I should say that “other black pudding museums are available”. 

However, I’ve searched online and apart from one reference to a Black Pudding Museum in Bury in the Guardian Letter’s Page, there doesn’t appear to be any more. The Clon one gives you tea and a fry at the end. Although because of restrictions, you can’t eat it in their café (until July 5th).