Artist goes to bat for a flying friend

A Kerryman with a bat flapping in his kitchen? When that familiar situation occurred in Austin McQuinn’s home, he was inspired to try and get inside the mind of these unappreciated creatures, writes Mary Morrissy

TWO years ago, artist Austin McQuinn woke to the sound of his cat yowling. “She has a particular bawl, when she’s caught something, something that she wants to leave me as a present, usually a mouse.”