Colm O'Regan: memories of helping on the farm — and helping the re-wilding effort

"Out in the fields with only imagination for company, I would pretend the patches of weeds were rebels and I was the vengeful dictatorship mopping up any resistance."

Comedian and Irish Examiner columnist Colm O'Regan pictured in Cork. Pic: Denis Minihane.

It has been a good while since I helped on a farm. There was always plenty to do growing up. 

The glamour job was bringing in bales. It was glorious being on top of a load of straw going through the parish, swaying like Logan Roys on top of the Succession elephant. But it wasn’t always about bringing home the spoils.