Michael Moynihan: Grave concern over brainless acts at Kilcrea Friary

Matthew Seaver, National Museum of Ireland assistant keeper at the Irish Antiquities Division, recording the disturbed ground at Kilcrea Friary, Ovens, Cork. Picture: Jim Coughlan

I know my beat, don’t worry. I tend not to stray from the mean streets.

In that sense, I warm to the old New York boxing trainer who gave this warmish endorsement of an alien environment when he returned to the city from remoter parts: ‘I love the country. It’s a great place to visit.’