Pauline McLynn is set to be one of the highlights of Cork Midsummer Festival

Pauline McLynn might never escape the associations with Craggy Island, but her role with Corcadorca on Spike will be one of the highlights of Cork Midsummer Festival, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Some people have a cocaine habit; I have a stationery habit.” Pauline McLynn is talking, with her customary rapid-fire aplomb, about progress on her latest book and her distinctive writing method, which apparently requires a constant supply of notebooks.

And yet hearing the word “cocaine” in that oh-so-familiar voice can’t but bring back echoes: “Will you have a cake, father? Ah go on, you will! There’s cocaine in them!”