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297/365: Akash Murthy, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim

Akash moved here from Bangalore 10 years ago and in that time, trad music has changed his whole life. Akash got his Audio Technology masters degree in Maynooth College to pair with his degree in Computer Science. When he graduated, he had a choice, stay in Dublin and face Dublin rents, or move anywhere else. He chose to move to Leitrim!

“I had always just driven through Leitrim, never stopping, on the way to other counties. At the time when I moved here, five years ago, not a lot of people were moving to Leitrim. I found an amazing landlady, who is so kind, and I’ve just stayed here ever…

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