Yesterday I went along to Manorhamilton for the Five Glens Art Festival. It was a varied programme of events with something to do for all ages. I thought the Vintage Afternoon Tea sounded delightful so I went along to check it out. It was set in the Castle Cafe which is in the grounds of... Continue Reading →
Summertime Sadness
A bit of a misleading blog post title as I'm still waiting for summer and I'm not really sad but it's feeling like the end of an era. The Sligo Summer Festival is over, the Fleadh Cheoil is over and all the adventures leading up to my Wild Atlantic Wayfarer exhibition are over so I'm... Continue Reading →
Faces of the Fleadh
This year I was volunteering for the Fleadh Cheoil but as always the camera comes with me. I didn't want to take the same old shots as I did last year, although I did take some which you can see here. I was talking to the lovely and very talented photographer Ciara Drennan before the... Continue Reading →
Record Crowds At Comhaltas All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil In Sligo
It was an exciting and successful weekend of competitions, concerts, cĂ©ilithe 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 →
Proud to be part of the purple army
This year I've been a volunteer at the Fleadh Cheoil, it's the second year that we've had the Fleadh in Sligo and I was so impressed by all the volunteers last year that I decided to join them. I've been a street ambassador which involves greeting people and helping them. Mostly it's been giving directions,... Continue Reading →
Sligo Summer Festival 2015
Quick blog post just to say what a great night it was in Sligo last night for the Sligo Summer Festival. It continues today and tonight. Wheatus are the headline act tonight, it was Boney M last night and they were brilliant! I loved Indian too. You can see the rest of my pics here.... Continue Reading →
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