Today is World Kidney Day. The photo is a forget-me-not which is the Irish Kidney Association logo and seems quite fitting as my dad is no longer with us. The point of this post is to urge you all to carry a donor card. My dad got kidney failure in 2002 and spent 7 years... Continue Reading →
Women of the Rising: Journeys and Learnings
As it's International Women's Day it seems fitting to give a mention to Bus Éireann's 1916 commemorative campaign. Sligo's Countess Markievicz will feature in the North West. Bus Éireann and the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) have launched a collaborative campaign to commemorate leading female participants in the 1916 Rising. The campaign features a specially wrapped... Continue Reading →
Cycling on Water
Today Lucy and I went to The Grass Roof Cafe in Rossinver, Co. Leitrim for a wonderful lunch (more about that in another blog). On the way home we took a drive to Glencar Waterfall. On the drive home I saw a man cycling a bike on Glencar Lake....yes you read right he was cycling... Continue Reading →
Sligo Gaol in 1916
Yesterday the Friends of Sligo Gaol organised a seminar about Sligo Gaol and the life of Sligo women in 1916. I am fascinated by Sligo Gaol so I jumped at the chance to get back inside to have another look. I went along in 2013 and took a wealth of photos, sadly the hard drive they... Continue Reading →
Plane Sailing for Enniscrone?
I've heard lots of local talk about a new glamping village coming to Enniscrone, Co. Sligo. Now this is glamping with a difference (nothing to do with the pic above by the way but that's the old Cliff Baths in Enniscrone). David McGowan, an undertaker based in the town, has come up with a unique... Continue Reading →
Ballina and back
Yesterday I went to Ballina for the day. I had to go to a couple of shops there so I tied it in with a visit to Belleek Woods. It's a beautiful forest just outside Ballina town and along the banks of the River Moy. I was intending to look for squirrels but I'd timed... Continue Reading →
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