Family ties have drawn Andrew O’Shaughnessy into coaching but he’s got the bug now.

Given its location and logistical challenges, Tournafulla doesn’t appear naturally conducive to setting up a business, but two local entrepreneurs are bucking that trend in very different ways.

It says much about the almost resigned attitude to rural crime, that in Tournafulla they say they are lucky to just have break-ins.

Across the country rural towns and villages have suffered the loss of services, infrastructure, and population, but one thing that is not in decline is community spirit. In the first of a five-part series, we visit Tournafulla, Co Limerick, and see unwavering local determination to keep the village on the map.