Welcome to what feels like the 100th edition of January 2024 Sunday Thoughts! I hope you are all keeping well, and if you live in Ireland, I hope that you've battened down the hatches ahead of Storm Isha, that's meant to be arriving today. I feel like this year has been my most anti-social to... Continue Reading →
It seems like we are promised snow every week during the winter. I'd actually got to the point where I didn't believe the reports. They were right on this occasion, and we woke up on Wednesday morning to a winter wonderland yesterday. It snowed steadily during the day, and it was fairly deep (for Sligo)... Continue Reading →
Last week seems like such a long week, I often find that January feels like the longest month of the year. It's nice to see the evenings getting a bit brighter though, if we could just finish with the icy days, I'd be happy out. I haven't ventured out much due to the ice, and... Continue Reading →
The theme for this year's Sligo St Patricks Day Parade has been announced! The theme will be “The Wild Atlantic Way” and will celebrate 10 years of the Wild Atlantic Way and the Sligo connection. Parade Chairperson, Finbarr Filan stated: “We are really excited to see how our entrants embrace this year's theme. Sligo has... Continue Reading →
It's a fairly quiet month regarding food news this month, there are some things of interest though, including a new restaurant opening and some jobs. There's also news from the new Sligo Festival - Bríd Festival Sligo. The photo above is Beef and Bourbon Stew in Walker 1781, it was my first time to eat in... Continue Reading →
It's the first Sunday of 2024, and so it's the first Sunday Thoughts post of the year. Happy New Year to all of you, I just had a look at the blog stats for 2023, and it had over 107,000 views, which is the highest number since the blog began! Thanks to all of you... Continue Reading →
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