Film-makers scout Kerry for ‘charismatic sheep farmer’

Stardom could be beckoning for a West Kerry shepherd after US-based film-makers arrived in Dingle to sign up a "charismatic sheep farmer" for a new project.

Scouts from the San Francisco-based Emily Miller Productions have been scouring the Dingle Peninsula since the weekend in the hunt for a colourful local farmer.

The successful candidate will be filmed constantly for a three-week period over the lambing season in March — including at work, home, Mass, and relaxing over a few pints at the local — for a fly-on-the-wall documentary film.