Patsy’s giant specimen is a real turnip for the (cooking) books

Is there a bigger turnip anywhere in Ireland today?

Patsy’s giant specimen is a real turnip for the (cooking) books

That’s what farmer-cum-shopkeeper Patsy Herlihy, from the Cork/Kerry border area, would like to know.

He pulled this specimen — bigger than a football and weighing just over 7kg, or 15.5lb — from his garden at Gullane, Gneeveguilla.

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