Special Report (Rural Ireland):‘We’ll get it up and running again’

Across the country rural towns and villages have suffered the loss of services, infrastructure, and population, but one thing that is not in decline is community spirit. In the first of a five-part series, we visit Tournafulla, Co Limerick, and see unwavering local determination to keep the village on the map.

Tournafulla has long got a kick out of holding the record as the longest village in Ireland, its main thoroughfare stretching nearly a mile and a half from end to end.

But now the West Limerick community worries that the more obvious distinction could be that it is the country’s emptiest.