Regular readers to the blog will know that I had been complaining about the rubbish bins placed at the remaining entrance to the Famine Graveyard in Sligo. You can read about it here and here. I went down to St. John's Hospital today and I'm delighted to say the bins have now been moved, thanks... Continue Reading →
Kieran Quinn, a Grand Piano and Good Friends at the Hawk’s Well, Sligo
I'm really looking forward to this event in the Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo. I've seen Kieran many times at various events including An Evening with Sgt. Pepper (which we went to see 4 times!) and with Anything Goes. His good friends are also very talented too. Below is Kieran Quinn and Joe Hunt performing Strawberry... Continue Reading →
Canon 1100D
The lovely people at Canon-Ireland have lent me a Canon 1100D. I got to have a play with it between the showers today. The photo above is Glencar waterfall, I must remember to bring a tripod in future though. The camera seems to be really good in poor light, because it was fairly dark at... Continue Reading →
Donal Skehan – The HomeCooked Tour
Last night we went to the Hawk's Well Theatre to see Donal Skehan's HomeCooked Tour. Now I must admit I did wonder how a cookery show was going to work in a theatre but I have to say it was brilliant. We had a really good night. As soon as we walked in we were... Continue Reading →
Fireworks in Fermanagh
I've often seen the Halloween Fireworks display in Enniskillen advertised but I've never got there. This year we did and had a brilliant night! It was on Thursday (Halloween) and it was a really blustery, rainy day here in Sligo so we were wondering what it would be like in Fermanagh. It was great though,... Continue Reading →
Good Luck Sligo Rovers
It's an exciting day in Sligo as Sligo Rovers and their thousands of fans Arise to the Aviva to hopefully see them bring home the FAI Ford Cup in the cup final match against Drogheda United FC. I have to say I'm not a big football fan but I do like Sligo Rovers. I've been... Continue Reading →