Sport played out in perfect setting

It’s Sunday afternoon and the currach races at the Inishbofin Maritime Festival are in full flow. There’s a slow breeze blowing in around the ruin of the old Cromwellian barracks and across the harbour.

More than 100 people are on the new pier, with at least that many more again gathered along the harbour wall.

Mick Conneely is playing the fiddle and Michael Cunnane — the chairman of the organising committee — is gathering together the crews for the next race.