Colm O'Regan: Where would you be going without a wall map?

Maps let you dream of going somewhere while staying put. The ultimate in zero-carbon travel

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

You can’t bate a good map. A scale, a legend, A sprawly map with a rip in the middle of it from being folded wrong. Sandwich stains and mug-a-tay rings.

The new map in the house has no rips. It does sprawl on the sitting room wall though suspended with bluetack.