Ross Island, Killarney, Co. KerryA friend's helicopter, 2008. I'd been doing some work with the crew, and afterwards the pilot offered to take me up for a fly around. You don't say no to that. We came in over Lough Leane and the whole sweep of it opened up below us. Ross Island and Innisfallen sitting dark in the water, heavy with oak and yew, the Muckross Peninsula stretching off to the south. Killarney town beyond, then the hills rolling back into Kerry in layers. Big clouds were