The slow life in Carlow

Under Mount Leinster, Borris boasts great food and hospitality where herons hunt on the highwayman’s river, writes Brendan Daly

A barge cruises down the River Barrow

A family of eight mottled brown mallard ducklings, marshalled by their exasperated mother, swim past us in a line. If the line was once straight, it’s now fraying to breaking point. ...