Rural rescues on all fronts

Duo tackled a vacant farm cluster at the bottom of the Blackstairs and now it’s all fully restored, at a tempting price, Tommy Barker reports.

MEET the rescuers. Mountain rescue guide Chris Edmonds and his wife Noreen have not only rescued people, dogs, horses and ponies, but they’ve also rescued a chunk of Irish country life, with their Borris Co Carlow homestead suffused with new life and creature comforts.

The Leinster couple, who retired early six years ago and went on seaside, coastal and mountain and hillside hunts for a rural idyll, found what they were looking for at the foot of the Blackstairs Mountains, working wonders with a bit of a wreck.