It was an exciting and successful weekend of competitions, concerts, céilithe and sessions as the Comhaltas 64th Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann was celebrated by an estimated 400,000 throughout Sligo. The biggest event to have ever been hosted in Sligo, organisers estimate that attendance was up 30% on the previous year. Sligo seemed to pulse with... Continue Reading →
International Evening at the Ballina Salmon Festival
Yesterday Lucy and I went along to the International Evening at the Ballina Salmon Festival. I saw the festival featured on the 7 O'Clock show on TV3 and it sounded great so we thought we go along to see what was happening. We paid a visit to the festival Bureau de Change so we could... Continue Reading →
Dare to Bare to Fight Cancer
Exactly 7 years ago last Sunday, the very first skinny dip for charity in Ireland - and the world - took place at the lovely Lissadell Beach in Sligo. It was the inaugural Dip in the Nip (so-christened by the late, great Gerry Ryan) and at the time was considered crazy, shocking and impossible. Máire... Continue Reading →
Absolutely Fabulous!
Well it's been a very hectic few days, tiring but exciting at the same time. It was the SO Sligo Food Festival, the start of the Lily and Lolly Craftfest and of course the birthday of WB Yeats. Joanna Lumley came to open the ‘Yeats’s Secret Garden in Sligo’ which was first seen at Bloom,... Continue Reading →
SO Sligo 2015
The SO Sligo Food and Cultural Festival is just around the corner. It's always a really interesting festival with lots to see and do for all the family. The festival will run alongside the Yeats Day celebrations, so all the more reason to come to Sligo and see just what's on offer. The festival begins... Continue Reading →
Bloom in the Park 2015
Bord Bia launches 9th annual gardening, food and family festival Bloom 2015 Phoenix Park, Dublin May 28th – June 1st Peter Pan, stiletto heels, WB Yeats, home brewing and botanical beauty provide just some of the inspiration for this year’s Bloom show gardens Bord Bia has launched its plans for Bloom 2015; a five-day annual event packed full... Continue Reading →
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