I was scrolling through Instagram, and I saw a post by the very talented Sligo based artist David Gavin. David Gavin with Emma Stroude's painting David, along with Colm and Deirdre Brennan and Peigin Doyle is helping to organise a charity art auction for the Multiple Myeloma Ireland Northwest group. The charity is one that... Continue Reading →
SG turns 40!
There are great celebrations planned for this Saturday, as SG Education and Art Shop turn 40. You are all invited to come along from 1pm - 3pm and you can read all the details in the poster above. One of the reasons I'm sharing this is that they have come up with a great way... Continue Reading →
The Flourish Monster Raffle and Coffee Morning
The big day for the Flourish Monster Raffle and Coffee Morning is tomorrow (May 3rd 10am - 12 noon) in The Blind Tiger, Stephen Street Carpark, Sligo. If you’ve been a regular reader of my blog, you’ll know about my mental health issues. I’ve written in length about them over the years. At my lowest... Continue Reading →
The Flourish Monster Raffle
Well we aren't actually giving away a monster (yet) but you know what I mean. A few weeks ago I put a call out for some raffle prizes to raise funds for Flourish, the centre that Havin' A Laugh is involved with. If you read the blog you'll know how much Havin' A Laugh helped... Continue Reading →
Flourish – A Welcome Centre for Sligo
If you’ve been a regular reader of my blog, you’ll know about my mental health issues. I’ve written in length about them over the years. At my lowest I received a comment through the blog from a lady telling me about Havin’ALaugh. I knew of them but wasn’t too sure what it was all about.... Continue Reading →
Climb with Charlie – The Sligo Walks
There are a number of Sligo walks taking place on April 2nd to coincide with Charlie Bird climbing Croagh Patrick in aid aid of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association and Pieta House. It was hard to keep track of them all so I'm adding them all to this blog post. Castle Dargan to Lough Lumann.... Continue Reading →