Yesterday was the Sligo Pride Parade. I went in to take some photos. It was a great parade, very colourful and musical. The Samboeire Samba band took part and added drums to the occasion. There were also some great dancers who you will see in the video. As usual I took way too many photos.... Continue Reading →
The Model, Sligo
The kids went back to see Harry Potter for a second time yesterday so while I was waiting for them I went up to The Model. It's great that it's free to get into and it's a lovely building. These lovely bottles were part of an exhibtition. I really like the colours. There was also... Continue Reading →
Tubbercurry Old Fair Day, 2011
Today was the Tubbercurry Old Fair day. It's a reminder of the good old days where people bought animals and their wares to country towns to buy and sell. In true Irish style it was lashing rain today! Not just a light shower, really chucking it down. I took my mum and Jono for a... Continue Reading →
Nom-Con 2011
I went to Nom-Con with Jono yesterday. It's an anime convention that's on every year in Dublin. Lots of the people 'cosplay' at the convention. There were some really brilliant costumes and everyone went to so much effort. They were all really friendly as well. I took some photos which are here. Jono got to... Continue Reading →
Roaming around Roscommon
Jono is off on summer holidays from his course so today we decided to go to Roscommon. We were hoping to get to Strokestown House as we've never been there and from what I'd seen on the internet it looked like a nice place to visit. On our way Jono spotted this telephone box. It's... Continue Reading →
Movie Fest!
Bringing Hollywood to Dublin! Movie Fest is Ireland’s newest film festival taking place in Dublin’s Cineworld on August 13th and 14th. They are bringing the best footage from San Diego’s Comic-Con event to Irish audiences. One of the most talked about pieces of footage from this years San Diego Comic Con was from ‘The Adventures... Continue Reading →