Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland
Posted in Out and About on Dec 13th, 2010
A 4,000 year old necklace worn by kings is now on display at the National Museum of Ireland. It was found in a bog in Roscommon in 1945 and placed in a safe in a chemist’s shop where it remained until the shop was robbed. Detectives pursuing the robbers found the safe in a dumpster. […]
Posted in Out and About on Nov 17th, 2010
“The Wheel” is only one of nine in the world, weighs 350 tons and is 190 feet high. It holds 336 people and one rotation takes 13 minutes. It has 42 capsules, including a VIP one. Cost to ride $11.50. A new museum has opened in General Post Office on O’Connell Street, Dublin. The G.P.O. […]
Posted in Out and About on Nov 11th, 2010
A farmer on Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh is hoping to recreate the beer-making traditions of Irish monks who once lived on Lough Erne centuries ago by setting up the county’s first micro-brewery in the hills above Derrygonnelly. A couple in Warrenport, Co. Down are preserving a crop that changed the course of Irish history and […]
Posted in Out and About on Oct 20th, 2010
Dublin’s Wax Museum has re-opened after undergoing vast improvements. It is located at Foster Plaza near College Green in Dublin.
Posted in Out and About on Sep 1st, 2010
The Bluegrass Music Festival at Ulster Amer Folk Park takes place September 3-5. For more information go to www.nmni.com/bluegrass.
Posted in Out and About on Aug 29th, 2010
The first ever Red Head Contest was held on August 25 in Crosshaven, Co. Cork. Activities included carrot tossing and red head speed dating. Prizes were awarded for most freckles per square inch and best red eyebrows. John O’Malley from Blarney was named “King of the Red Heads.”
Posted in Out and About on Aug 5th, 2010
August 6 – 15 — Kilkenny Arts Festival: music, art, literature and children’s events. August 10 – 12 — Puck Fair, Killorgin, Co. Kerry: A group of people go into the mountains to catch a goat who is then brought to the town square and crowned at the end of the three days of merry […]
Posted in Out and About on Jul 16th, 2010
The Giant’s Causeway on the north Antrim coast has been awarded three million pounds sterling lottery grant to rebuild the visitor’s centre from a rickety set of huts to a proper building. The Causeway is a jagged promontory of hexagonal rocks created by a volcanic eruption sixty million years ago. The columns of perfect, symmetical […]
Posted in Out and About on Jul 10th, 2010
The first ever “French Week” is being celebrated in Dublin July 13-18, appropriately around Bastille Day (July 14). The Irish and French have a long history of alliances. The French Revolution in 1789 was the spark that inspired the Irish to rebel in 1798. The Irish rebels were called “croppies” because their short hair resembled […]
Posted in Out and About on Jul 2nd, 2010
June 4 — July 30 Free lunchtime concerts in Ennis, Co. Clare. www.richesofclare.com July 12 — July 25 Galway Arts Festival. One of Europe’s key cultural events. www.discoverireland.com July 22 — July 25 Buncrana Music and Arts Festival. Popular musical groups including Altan and Coronas. www.discoverireland.com July 26 — August 1 Galway Races. www.discoverireland.com
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