Winter, Gougane Barra, Co. CorkGougane Barra in snow is a rare thing. It happens maybe once or twice a winter, and it never lasts long. I live about fifteen minutes from here, so when the conditions line up I can move fast. This was a freezing February morning, the lake completely still and the valley blanketed in white. Saint Finbarr's Oratory sits on its island looking like it belongs to another century entirely. The low sun caught the upper ridgeline of the mountain and threw