WHILE on the subject of West Cork this week, we’ll have a look at the Innis Beg Stables of Tadhg and Donal Murphy. The brothers are the most successful outfit to race out of the region.

Economics and the red tape associated with travelling horses nowadays may have cut back their forays to Britain, but Murphy runners have crossed the line in front at Appleby, Tregaron, Boughrood and Tir Prince to name but a few.