Galway’s Irish Socksociety was named as the winner of the Guaranteed Irtish Gift Champion category at a gala event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Guaranteed Irish brand.
It’s two weeks before the clocks go forward, and Connemara’s famously erratic weather reveals itself with gusto. Torrential rain, howling winds, scattered sunshine, even random pockets of compacted snow in more remote areas.
Stephen Cooke chuckles when it is put to him that setting up a new business during a pandemic could be deemed crazy, creative or courageous. “A bit of everything, a mix of those things anyways,” he laughs.