Magic at Strokestown Park

I made a return visit to Strokestown Park as part of my Wild Atlantic Wayfarer project. Although Roscommon isn't on the Wild Atlantic Way it's one of the neighbouring counties and is well worth a visit. I didn't go on the house tour this time as I've covered it on a previous blog post. So... Continue Reading →

Alice in Wonderland for a day

Well today was interesting, I was told on twitter about some rabbits up at the Benbulben mountain walk so I went up to see what was going on.  When I got there I saw this little guy so I phoned Sligo Animal Rescue and they said they rescued two of them there yesterday but didn't... Continue Reading →

Undiscovered

U is for Undiscovered. I found Diarmuid and Grainne's Nature Trail today. It's out at the Benbulben Centre, Rathcormac, Sligo. It's a gravel path through fields with numbered rocks which leads to a lovely little waterfall in a rock formation. I don't have any information on it, so if anyone can tell me more I'd... Continue Reading →

Inishmurray Island

Yesterday I joined joined Wild West Irish Tours for a day. I'm always interested in following them on Facebook and seeing where they have been and what they have seen. They take their visitors to see the 'hidden Ireland', which I always find fascinating. I had never been to Inishmurray so when Michael from Wild... Continue Reading →

Shopping in Dublin

I took the kids to Dublin last week to do some Christmas shopping. There's always a great atmosphere there and lots to see and do. We saw this lovely man who I think is the real Santa 🙂 We had to pick the day when there were a lot of protests on. So O'Connell Street... Continue Reading →

Pigs and flowers

Today was the last day of school runs for two weeks which I'm delighted about 🙂 As I was driving Lucy to school this morning we saw an animal in the middle of the road. At first we thought it was a dog and then we realised it was a pig! I stopped my car... Continue Reading →

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