The difficulties in building a castle on the mainland are considerable.

Noel Welch travels west to the Ballynahinch Castle Hotel and Estate, where fly fishing for salmon and trout, clay shooting, and walking are among the many outdoor pursuits on offer.

The debate rages every year about whether or not Dublin have an unfair advantage when playing at Croke Park but Emmet McDonnell maintains it’s not just the Blues that benefit in this regard.

TO Stephen Darby, Carbury always represented class.

IS THERE anything worse than this?