There was much sadness when TÃr na nÓg closed last July, due to Mary, Nora, John retiring. When I spoke to Mary, before the shop closed, she was hoping that someone would take on the shop. The good news is that it has now been reopened by Jocelyn and Cathal. I called into the shop... Continue Reading →
Sunday Thoughts
Once again it's been a while since I've written a Sunday Thoughts blog post. We are now into Autumn and the weather has started to turn colder, it was lovely to see all the butterflies this month though, I've never seen as many. It seemed like as soon as I ushered one outside, another came... Continue Reading →
An unusual hardware shop in Ballaghaderreen, Roscommon
“My name is Padraig Mulligan, we’ve been in business here since 1944. We are a pub and a hardware shop in Ballaghaderreen. My dad opened during the war, when things were hard to procure. Originally the business was a 6 day licence and we extended it to a 7 day licence, we open in the... Continue Reading →
Kinesiology with Erintuitive Health, Sligo
I'm buzzing to write this blog post, I went for something very different today, it was a systematic kinesiology session with Erintuitive Health in Sligo town. I was kindly invited along by Erin to try an introductory session, and I had no idea what kinesiology is, so it was all new to me. From Erin's... Continue Reading →
Sunday Thoughts
Here we are again, another week has flown by, it's hard to believe that today is the last Sunday in August, although you wouldn't think it was August looking at the weather. Things have been good, I'm busy with the Hands of Sligo - read more here. I'm also making time to paint, I haven't... Continue Reading →
The Hands of Sligo – An Update
I'm very busy working on The Hands of Sligo project, you can read the introduction to the project here, but I wanted to tell you more about the progress so far. I have met so many wonderful people from all over Sligo and from all walks of life. Some people moved to Sligo from other... Continue Reading →