Rain, rain, go away

It is often raining in the Horse’s Glen when the sun is shining in every other part of the country, at any time of the year, writes Donal Hickey. 

But, this winter, there seems to be more rain than ever in the beautiful glen, deep in Mangerton Mountain, near Killarney, Co Kerry.

Everyone is complaining about the huge amount of rain since September and I’ve been monitoring the Horse’s Glen, which is quite close, as the crow flies, and which seems to be under cloud all the time. We’re not all treated equally in Ireland by the elements. People who live in, say, West Cork or Mayo, can suffer three times more rainfall than our cousins in Dublin and the east coast.