Mo Laethanta Saoire: Cónal Creedon pays homage to his ancestral home of Inchigeelagh

In the first instalment of our weekly summer-themed reads, the Cork writer recalls ancient heroes and childhood visits 

Cónal Creedon and Dogeen outside Johnny Timmy Johnny's in Inchigeelagh.

And so, this winter of discontent draws to an close, the time has come for us to shake off this global hibernation and emerge from these dark days of social isolation and walk towards the light of a new dawn.

When the bells ring out for VC Day [Victory Covid] I will not dance bare foot in the streets or splash about in some public fountain. No. When covid-tide is past it will be my time for reflection. I look back on 2020 with 20:20 vision and the clarity of hindsight brings. Like the wild Atlantic salmon that risks life and fin to return to the mountain stream where it all began, I will answer the call of the wild and go back among my own to that place called home.