This weekend is a busy one in Sligo with the So Sligo festival. This is the second year that the festival has been held and there is a great buzz and atmosphere around the town. I took Jono in to have a look around this afternoon. First of all we met Senator David Norris in... Continue Reading →
Nintendo 3DS Launch
The reason we went to Dublin yesterday was so that Jono could go to the official launch of the Nintendo 3DS console. It's a really cool console and at the launch in the Ilac Centre they had quite a few of the new Nintendo 3DS games that people could try including Zelda. They were also... Continue Reading →
The National Leprechaun Museum, Dublin (wot no leprechaun’s!)
Jono and I decided to go to the National Leprechaun Museum as we were up in Dublin. First of all we had to book as the tours run every fifteen minutes but at least we didn't have to wait long. It costs 10 euro for adults which isn't too bad and 8.50 for children which... Continue Reading →
Sligo St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 2011
As you will all know yesterday was St. Patrick's Day, or St. Paddy's Day but never, ever Patty's Day! Consider yourselves told 😉 I took my mum in to see the Sligo Parade. As usual I took too many photo's, you can see them here. I was very pleased to see that there wasn't the... Continue Reading →
The animals bite back
It's been a bit of a week with animals this week. First of all the dog decided to take himself for a walk. The first thing I knew about it was when the black stray cat that hangs around came into the house in a lassie style mode and started biting me leg and trying... Continue Reading →
Appointments and auctions
I took this photo this morning from where I parked up near the hospital. The mountain is Knocknarea where Queen Maeve is said to be buried, Jono and I have walked up it a couple of times. It's been a busy couple of days. Yesterday I went to visit the mobile library in the village.... Continue Reading →