With
the weather forecast looking good for today, Wednesday 15th July – St.
Swithin’s Day – spare a thought for Sean and Kieran Murphy (pictured) from Dingle as they face 40 days of fair weather - and thus no ‘stock’
for their Rainwater Sorbets!
The
Irish-American brothers who established Murphy’s Ice Cream in Dingle fifteen
years ago, decided earlier this year to use Irish rainwater to good effect and
they now make sorbets with it! “We want
Irish people and visitors alike to enjoy the Irish weather in a whole new way. So it’s just as well there was plenty of rain
up until the end of May!”
The
Rainwater Sorbets come in two flavours – Chocolate and Raspberry and both are
dairy and gluten free.
Dark
chocolate-lovers can indulge their passion for a rich, bitter and aromatic
taste experience featuring ultra-premium Valrhona chocolate and cocoa combined
with pure, distilled Dingle rainwater.
While, the Raspberry sorbet provides a blast freshness and intense fruitiness to
the tastebuds thanks to Dingle rainwater and at least 35% real fruit.
The
Murphy brothers now have four stores – two in Dingle, one in Killarney and one
in Wicklow Street, Dublin. For further
information, see www.murphysicecream.ie
St. Swithin was the
Bishop of Winchester from 852 to 862. At his
request he was buried in the churchyard, where rain and the steps of passers-by
might fall on his grave. According to legend, after his body was moved inside
the cathedral on July 15, 971, a great storm ensued.*
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Ends
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*Encyclopaedia Britannica
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