Hi all, This blogpost has been sitting in my draft section for over a year, so I thought it was high time I publish it!! Before diving in into writing my first blogpost on this blog 8 years ago, I have to tell you another story first to understand the context:) In 1993 , I […]
Hi all, Meet Max, our family pet! As you can see, he’s in need of a major grooming effort, one that I’d rather leave to the experts ( I still have bad memories of racing him around the garden, trying to wash him!!) So I thought let me see if my Facebook friends could recommend […]
Hello all, Halloween came and went, and the shops are ramping up for their busy Christmas season. This means the shopping season has well and truly started, but do you know what will be the cheapest way of sending a parcel from Ireland to the UK? Let me share my findings, saving you time( and […]
Hello readers, It’s been a while since I wrote my last article about the Homecoming of the Galway Seniors and the cycle on the now opened new motorway, so I thought I’d keep you updated with some new dental and optical benefits that are kicking in today. Really? New benefits? Oh, tell me more! The […]
Hi all, Well, well, what I week, that’s all I can say! Unless you have been living under a rock( or maybe you live outside of Ireland and are not familiar with hurling), the all- Ireland Senior hurling championships took place last Sunday between Waterford and Galway and the Galway team won!! It’s been 29 […]
Hello Readers, Hope you are enjoying/have enjoyed or will be enjoying some downtime this summer. We are just back from the Bells on tour, spending some time in sunny Portugal, followed by a shorter breaker on Inishbofin( As it happens the weather was glorious there too ,which was really the icing on the cake). It […]
Hi readers, Some of you may have a public library card, others probably haven’t set foot in a library in ages. I fell into the latter category! I walk past the Galway Library twice (!) a day, and one lunchtime – yes, they are open over lunch as well 🙂 – I went in and […]
Hello Readers, Are you looking to trace your Irish roots, but have no idea where to start? Let me give you a few tips and a few insights I have learned over the last few weeks and months, and 10+ websites I came across in my search. At some point in my life I lived […]
Hello readers, Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. It’s the start of a long weekend here and I took the kids and a few of their friends to Renville Park/playground in Oranmore yesterday. As it is the furthest away playground from where we live, we call it the “far away playground”. I was a […]
Hello Readers, Time for a new interview! If you are new to my blog, I have been interviewing small businesses in the West of Ireland since 2016. Check out all the interviews I have done to date. The last interview was with An Mheital Rothar, Galway’s Community Bike shop and excited the present my newest […]
