For more than a century, the Bourke family have worked for Ford in Ireland in some way — four generations since 1910.

The violin reputedly played by the Titanic’s bandmaster as the ill-fated liner sank, broke a world record today when it sold for £900,000 (€1m).

AS GOOD a bit of ground as you’d get — that’s Micheal Barry’s summation of a tidy, 60-acre farm at Ballinvoher, Castletownroche, Co Cork.