Damien Enright: Rats off their tree on La Gomera, but for very good reason

We will soon be returning to West Cork from La Gomera, in the Canary islands. Yesterday, I found the text of a light-hearted radio talk I gave about island life in the late 1980s. In 40 years, it hasn’t lost its magic. This is what I wrote...

There are many things wonderful about La Gomera. One is the whistling language, two is the forests, and three is the suicidal rat. Gomera is the only place on earth with a whistling language. It has been studied by anthropologists from far and near.