The Perfect Birthday

So another year came and went bringing with it more wrinkles and grey hair but never mind. I was meant to blog about it way before now but between running the Ireland Twitter account and life - and procrastinating I didn't get around to it. Lucy and I headed to Dublin for the day. The Perfect... Continue Reading →

A Day in Dublin in December

Last weekend Jono and I went to Dublin for the day. Unfortunately we picked one of the worst  days to go due to Storm Desmond. It wasn't too bad when we left on the train and Dublin was fine but there's a story about the way back (of course there is!) Anyway Jono had a... Continue Reading →

A November Day in Dublin

Yesterday I headed up to Dublin for the day to check out the Bite Food Festival. As I usually do when I'm going anywhere I woke up at 4am - which was daft as the first train didn't leave Sligo until 7am. The dogs were not impressed with such an early start to the day... Continue Reading →

Bite Food Festival

The Bite Food Festival takes place at the RDS, Dublin from this Thursday the 19th November until Sunday the 22nd. It sounds like a great event and perfect for any 'foodies'. Thanks to a friend I'm going along on Saturday and really looking forward to it. There are loads of demos taking place as well.... Continue Reading →

Beers and Botanical Gardens

A couple of weeks ago Jono and I headed up to Dublin for the day. There were a few reasons that I wanted to go up, the first was to see the Sculpture in Context exhibition at the National Botanical Gardens, the second was to see an exhibition by a photographer I follow on Twitter,... Continue Reading →

Glasnevin Cemetery

This week we had a day trip to Dublin. Lucy and Jono wanted to look around the shops and as I'm not a shopper it was the perfect opportunity for me to go off exploring. The Glasnevin Cemetery and Museum has been on my 'to do' list for years so it was great to finally... Continue Reading →

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