Back to my trip to Strokestown Park. I had a brilliant guided tour around the house. Our tour guide was Dara, he was very interesting and told us some great stories about the house and it's occupants. We also got to see possibly the scariest dolls in the world! It was great to see the... Continue Reading →
Strokestown Park -the gardens
I love gardens and Strokestown Park gardens are very beautiful. They remind me a bit of Lissadell House gardens (Lissadell is now closed to the public). I was delighted to have the Canon 100D with me that Canon Ireland have lent me. I'm very pleased with the results, it's a fantastic camera. There are so... Continue Reading →
Strokestown Park
This week I had one of the best visits I've had in a while. It's taken me days to go through the photos because I took so many and also because it's such a big place. I headed to Strokestown Park in Roscommon and got to meet John O'Driscoll the director of the park, he's... Continue Reading →
Arigna Mining Experience
After my trip to Boyle I went to the Arigna Mining Experience. It's some years since I've been here and last time I wasn't interested in photography so it was nice to go and take some photos. The centre gives visitors an insight into what coal mining life was like in the Arigna Valley, since... Continue Reading →
Afoot and Light-hearted
I headed to Boyle today as the Boyle Arts Festival is taking place. I'm always interesting and intrigued to see what artists are producing. Afoot and Light-hearted is an exhibition of work by IT Sligo Fine Art Students, there are some really wonderful pieces of work in the exhibition and my thanks to them for... Continue Reading →
The Convent
A couple of weeks ago I posted a blog called 'If these walls could talk'. This blog is an update. Myself and Sarah from Derelict Nation went back to have another look. It was a convent at one time and in more recent years a nursing home, it's called Lough Glynn in Co. Roscommon. I... Continue Reading →
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