Celtic Fringe Festival

The Celtic Fringe Festival is a fantastic range of concerts and events running from June 23rd-26th 2011. It will feature artists from coastal and celtic regions of Spain, England, Holland and Scotland whose traditions are linked by the voyage of the Spanish Armada, three of whose ships foundered on Streedagh Beach over 400 years ago.... Continue Reading →

Temple House Festival

This weekend is the Temple House Festival in Sligo. I can't begin to tell you what a great festival it is. This is its second year, I didn't get to go last year because Lucy was in hospital, but this year I've been backwards and forwards to have a look. We are lucky in that... Continue Reading →

The day we went to RTE

Last year I entered a photo into the RTE weather photo competition. I took the photo in March on a misty morning. I got a call to say my photo got into the final and that it would be shown on the weather occasionally. Thanks to Joe Cashin for taking this photo, I've known him... Continue Reading →

Jono’s 18th Birthday

Yesterday was Jono's 18th birthday. I don't know where the years go! I saw a special offer last year at Carlton Hotels. So I booked us a break in Westport at the Atlantic Coast Hotel. We left on Friday and spent the afternoon looking around Westport. It's a lovely little town and the people are... Continue Reading →

Roger Waters – The Wall live

If you have a good memory you might remember that almost a year ago I won tickets to The Wall from Today FM. Well the big day finally arrived and we went to Dublin to see the show. It really was an amazing show. The start of it was fantastic with fireworks and a plane... Continue Reading →

Feile na Tuaithe, 2011

This weekend was the annual Feile na Tuaithe at the museum of country life in Castlebar. It's a great family event and it's free. There were all kinds of events taking place. During the weeks leading up to the festival there was a photo competition running. The kids and I entered photo's. If you read... Continue Reading →

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