'Losing my fishing boat is like losing a limb, or my identity'

Caitlín Uí Aodha's family has fished since before the Famine. She lost her husband in the Tit Bonhomme disaster, and returned to the sea herself. Now, she has decommissioned her fishing boat. Neil Michael reports

 Caitlín Uí Aodha's MFV Dearbhla, before she was decommissioned. Picture: Caitlín Uí Aodha.

Caitlín Uí Aodha doesn’t cry easily but tears aren’t far from her eyes when she talks about Dearbhla.

While this is the name of her youngest daughter, it was also the name of her 25-metre trawler.