‘Once they’re up there’s no taking them down’

WHEN you’re reared in an area, you take it for granted. It’s something that’s a given.

I’m from the Clonea-Rathgormack area in Co Waterford and my home place, the place I grew up, is probably about a mile from where the Eirgrid pylon route would cross the road between Carrick-on-Suir and Dungarvan.

In recent years we’ve had the Tour of Waterford every summer and the people you meet, taking part, talk about the Comeragh mountains and about how they’ve heard so much about the Comeraghs but never realised it’s such a beautiful area.