I'm a big fan of Quarryfield Farm, they are run by a lovely family, and I've previously written about them for Sligo Now magazine and for the blog. I also have fond memories of being chased down a field by a ram! But that's a story for another day. Today I want to tell you... Continue Reading →
Sligo Food News – October 2023
Welcome to this month's edition of Sligo Food news. The images above feature some of the food I've eaten out last month. The Biscoff Ice Cream Sundae and the loaded cheese fries were at Flipside, the bottom left is the Acai Bowl at Dock 84, and the bottom right are hot cakes at Tempo. Something... Continue Reading →
TÃr na nÓg Sligo reopens with new owners
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 →