"He knew each one of his animals and their quirks, the way a good teacher knows their pupils..." For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, a writer contemplates his Sligo father's farming vocation - listen to Lambing Season, by Mattie Brennan above.
When you're a child, you think all other children spend their spare time doing the same activities as you. So it is only now, upon mature reflection, that I realise learning how to drive in a battered tractor – at the age of twelve – was not necessarily run-of-the-mill....
This essay appeared on the programme of March 15th (a special edition, presented live from the Ennis Book Club Festival) - listen back here
