Sophie Toscan du Plantier

SOPHIE TOSCAN DU PLANTIER (NÉE BOUNIOL) was a French television producer whose love of West Cork became a defining part of her life. Having first visited Ireland as a teenager, she developed a deep affection for its landscape, people and culture. In 1993 she bought a cottage at Toormore, looking south towards Mizen Lighthouse, as a holiday retreat where she could escape Paris and immerse herself in the tranquillity of rural Cork. She embraced the solitude and beauty of Schull and the Mizen Peninsula where she made her second home.