‘Sad, poignant, apt and suitable that Richard died in Bantry Bay’

AN able seaman who had a passion for nature, the heritage of the Beara peninsula and people.

Celebrating his memorial service Canon Paul Willoughby said it was “sad, poignant, apt and suitable” that Richard Harman had met his end in Bantry Bay.

For that was where St Brendan had contemplated his journey to the New World.