Yesterday was our end of year play at the ETB drama course I attend. 'A Library Full of Stories' was written by us all and was great fun to be part of. I love drama it's my third year of doing this class. We meet every Wednesday morning and just have the best time. It's... Continue Reading →
Happy National Volunteering Week 2016
This week is National Volunteering Week in Ireland. This year the theme is 'thinking differently about volunteering'. I've volunteered for around 10 years now. I really want to highlight how important volunteering is both for the volunteer and the organisations. To speak from my own experience I’ve volunteered in a few different places and they’ve all been... Continue Reading →
Save Sup For All
I logged onto Facebook this morning to read the following status from Sup For All: SUPforall regretfully wishes to inform the national and international paddling community and to whom it concerns that we have ceased all SUP and Lake-shore activities at Trawane Bay pending a Sligo Circuit Court Decision due on June 7th 2016. This... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday Twitter!
So Twitter is 10 today. I have to say I love Twitter and prefer it to Facebook. I've met some fantastic people on it and been invited to some great adventures from it. I've even won competitions on there - most recently an Easter Bunny from the Eoghan McDermott Show on 2FM today! The people on Twitter... Continue Reading →
St. Patrick’s Day 2016 in Co. Sligo
Here are all the parades taking place in Co. Sligo (as far as I know). Above is the route map of the Sligo town parade - it's a different route from last year so just to let you all know. Sligo Town St Patrick's Day Parade 12 noon Enniscrone 1pm ST.PATRICKS DAY PARADE GRANGE 2016... Continue Reading →
Sligo Gaol in 1916
Yesterday the Friends of Sligo Gaol organised a seminar about Sligo Gaol and the life of Sligo women in 1916. I am fascinated by Sligo Gaol so I jumped at the chance to get back inside to have another look. I went along in 2013 and took a wealth of photos, sadly the hard drive they... Continue Reading →