Cois Móire, ep 3 review: Blackwater journey continues through Fermoy and Lismore 

Diarmuid Ó Drisceoil's TG4 series continues to delight, as the presenter paddles from Co Cork into Waterford, meeting plenty locals along the way 

Cois Móire on TG4: Diarmuid Ó Drisceoil near the Blackwater with Sister Mairéad Nic Dhonnchadha of St Mary’s Abbey. 

The beauty of a patchwork quilt comes to mind, watching Cois Móire, the TG4 documentary series that sees presenter Diarmuid Ó Drisceoil follow Annraoi Ó Liatháin’s footsteps along the route of the river Blackwater.

In episode three, Ó Drisceoil is on the tract of water approaching Fermoy, and then he’s on to Ballyduff, Lismore and beyond. Often he steps away from his canoe and – like a skilled quilter – collects interactions that touch on colourful episodes of our history and that illustrate the vibrant diverse activity happening today along the banks of this great Munster river.