There's a great buzz at sunflower field in Maganey
Farmer Philip Dunne, second right, with pharmacist, Elaine Bulmer, right and members of his family in his sunflower field in Crookett, near Castledermot
Down a crooked road near Castledermot is a field that's awash with colour and excitement.
The Dunne family have opened up their field of sunflowers in the townsland of Crookett, just off the main road from Carlow to Castledermot, to the public.
The family are raising funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Unit at St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin for the third year in a row by selling the golden, happy flowers. The field was opened during the August Bank Holiday Weekend and is open again this coming weekend.
People are invited to go along to pick their own bouquet of flowers, stay for a chat and a cuppa, and to soak up the atmosphere among the happy blooms. There's no cover charge, just a donation of whatever you can afford to this worthwhile cause.
Just turn off the main road at the Prumplestown roundabout and follow the signs down the crooked road until you see the big happy heads on the flowers! Alternatively, the Eircode is R93 C6K3.
