SUNDAY mass goers were just dispersing as hounds and the East Clare Hunt assembled for their Sunday meet in the church car park in Scariff. Post-Covid numbers declined, but they have more than bounced back and, on the day, the mounted field exceeded 40.

Michael Dwyer from Birr has carried the horn for the last four seasons and brings a quiet efficiency to the hunting field. He obviously has a good rapport with his hounds, uses the horn sparingly and never raises his voice. His two whippers-in, the veteran David Jones and the young debutant Patrick Nugent, are there as his wing-men.