The annual festival is on this weekend, starting tomorrow and ending Sunday. Manic Mammy has put together a list of videos from some of the acts. Fingers crossed for good weather!
May 29, 2008
by Conor O'Neill
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Category Archives: Family
April 13, 2008
by Conor O'Neill
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Review of Clonakilty Model Railway Village
Clonakilty Model Railway Village I love finding something great almost on your doorstep that you’ve ignored for years. We finally took a trip to the Model Railway village last weekend and it was a resounding success. Kids, young and old … Continue reading
January 23, 2008
by Conor O'Neill
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Two Tits and a Vote
Sabrina Dent, a wonderful web designer based here in Cork, has launched an important web-site and initiative called “Two Tits and a Vote“. Women’s voices count in politics. Two Tits and a Vote is an online Irish Women’s Health Campaign … Continue reading
August 19, 2007
by Conor O'Neill
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Irish Yokels Go London
In the next few months we’re coming up on the 10th wedding anniversary. People gave us a week when we first started going out. Our eyes met across a power turbine in the Engineering building in Belfield. I fell for … Continue reading
June 9, 2007
by Conor O'Neill
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Tons of peaches and no salad
I’ll admit I thought the wife was a bit mental when she bought a peach tree a few months back but I stuck it in the ground anyway. Yesterday she pointed this out to me: I’m gobsmacked. Must get a … Continue reading
May 18, 2007
by Conor O'Neill
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Annnnnnd, the Bandon Show is on this Sunday
It really is a fun day out. Most of the town seems to head up. Fionn will love the animals, Sibéal will screech at the dogs and the eldest boys will demand ice-cream from the second they arrive. I’ll take … Continue reading
April 18, 2007
by Conor O'Neill
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I’m playing GAA like Rooney
So he is only five years old and this was his first ever GAA session. He reported back that he played hurling and soccer. His Nana from Meath better have a word with him about Gaelic Football. Next week we … Continue reading
April 10, 2007
by Conor O'Neill
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Try voting for informed people
Justin has done a great post on Patricia McKenna of the Green Party trying to justify non-vaccination of children on The Last Word radio show. The transcript shows what Cooper is capable of when he puts his mind to it. … Continue reading
February 16, 2007
by Conor O'Neill
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Not the way to lose your baby teeth
Poor Oisín is terribly unlucky with his front teeth. When he was 2-ish he fell off a changing table and impacted one of his front teeth up into the bone and split the lip and gum. Nothing could be done … Continue reading
January 25, 2007
by Conor O'Neill
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Exciting reads for 7-year olds in Irish?
Oscar is a bright kid who loves to read. His favourite novel is Le Catalogue d’Argos. In fact he loves the Horrid Henry series (and other similar ones). The only subject he is weak in is, surprise surprise, Irish. Unlike … Continue reading