Meet the innovators crafting a creative trail along this Irish coastline

On my next visit to Valentia, the weather has turned. Sideways rain, that peculiar Irish phenomenon, ushers me up the path to the whitewashed cottage of Anna and Orla Snook O’Carroll, the founders of Valentia Island Vermouth. The pair were married beside the Bronze Age standing stone at the lighthouse, and then moved here permanently from Bristol before launching their brand in 2021. Over V&Ts, we swap tales of past adventures and new discoveries. For the couple, who lost their immersive…