In the countryside above Aughrim lies the townland of Kilpipe, home of one of the sharpest minds in Wicklow agriculture. Tom Byrne is a rogue, an agitator, a home-spun character and a wit. He is also a serious thinker about all matters rural and about how farming ties in with the wider world. An hour in his lively company is sure to give visitors a slew of ideas to ponder on, along with the feeling that they have been entertained as well as enlightened.
A circa 49ac holding with a derelict farmhouse and outbuildings at Toberpatrick, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow, will go up for sale by online auction on April 18,