MB was back in his homeland in recent weeks. The weather was early Summerish with tiny buds and mini leaves in evidence on the trees; the normal deep Irish green mostly therefore confined to the vivid green grass. The mid March trip to Ireland is an annual pilgrimage for MB for certain personal reasons and some mini internal road trips often ensue. One such trip on this occasion was to the old city of Kilkenny, one of Ireland’s smallest and an absolute gem of the ‘Ancient East’ of the country. MB had never previously been.