St.George's Heritage & Visitor Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, was officially launched early 2008, which includes audio/visual functions in the centre adjacent to the church. The restored church, houses a well researched and exciting historical display of artefacts and interpretive material depicting the twin traditions of Leitrim from ancient Gaelic roots through Plantation times up to Leitrim's contribution... Continue Reading →
Glencar
After we went to Parkes Castle we carried on to Glencar which is also in County Leitrim (well half in Leitrim and half in Sligo), the waterfall part is in Leitrim though 😉 It is another beautiful scenic area and of all the places we took Andy's dad to this was his favourite place. It... Continue Reading →
King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
King House is a magnificently restored Georgian Mansion located in Boyle, County Roscommon. It was built in the early 1700’s for Sir Henry King, whose family were one of the most powerful and wealthy in Ireland. After its first life as a home, King House was converted into a military barracks in the 19th century... Continue Reading →
A shameless plug
I entered a photo competition on Look West's facebook page. I'm delighted that two of my photos got shortlisted from 750 to the final 50. The only trouble is now that it's a voting competition which is great if you have loads of friends but I don't 😦 I would love to win a hamper... Continue Reading →
Roaming around Roscommon
Jono is off on summer holidays from his course so today we decided to go to Roscommon. We were hoping to get to Strokestown House as we've never been there and from what I'd seen on the internet it looked like a nice place to visit. On our way Jono spotted this telephone box. It's... Continue Reading →
Free education my arse
The photo is well suited for this blog with 'Caution School' being very appropriate! I'm one of the lucky ones I only have one school going child now so I dread to think how much some families are paying. Education is meant to be free in Ireland, which is a joke because it certainly isn't... Continue Reading →
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