The end of a golden era in the Burren?

Documentary The Silver Branch is a cinematic love letter to two Clare farmers, and their insights into a dying way of life, says Louise Roseingrave

“WE have educated ourselves out of our landscape,” Katrina Costello says, as we discuss her new documentary, The Silver Branch.

It depicts the life and insights of the inimitable philosopher, poet, and fifth-generation farmer, Patrick McCormack, owner of ‘Fr Ted’s House’ in Co Clare.