Twenty years on from when we first met Birgitta and Peter Curtin, and their twin flagships of the Burren Smokehouse and the Roadside Tavern are as vital to the life and soul of Lisdoon as they have ever been.
Mrs Curtin is a major player both with the local Slow Food movement and with the Bord Bia-affiliated Taste Council, so she is both local dynamo and national planner, and there could be no better woman for both jobs, for she has an energy and a sensibility that are profound. The smoked fish the Curtins produce is sublime, and their visitor centre is one of the best organised don't-miss!, destinations in the county.
