Urru Bonanza Days
Just got a mail from Ruth in Urru, Bandon. They have come up with a great idea called bonanza days. It kicks off with all kitchenware half price on Fri 29th/Sat 30th! I’ll definitely be popping in for that.
Future bonanzas will include €1 coffee days, Free Urru Cotton Shopping Bags , Massive Savings on Wines, Cookery Books, Farmhouse Cheeses, Easter Eggs, Lucky Dips and more.
Mmmm, latte.
I love seeing Urru making a mockery of the long-held belief that you can’t do gourmet in Bandon.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Monday, January 24, 2011
New Irish Food and Drink Magazine - EatMagazine
EatMagazine launches today. There will be 20,000 free print copies per month in Dublin initially. It is also available free online.
I’m pretty stunned that the first issue was all put together by one guy, Mikey Maguire. It’s a really impressive piece of work and makes a mockery of much of the so-called professional rubbish you see on newsagents shelves.
Well worth a read.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, January 20, 2011
Where does Ireland go from here?
Like most people in the country I’m pretty depressed about where Ireland has ended up. And I don’t see an election, which replaces one set of Peter Principle County Councillors with another set, helping in any way. Politics in Ireland is completely broken and I’m finding myself in a situation where I don’t want to vote if all it does is elect more of the same.
In an ideal world i.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Monday, January 3, 2011
Finally a reason you should join Twitter -> @CorkAirport
I know I said I’d keep most of the tech over on conoroneill.net but I had to share this with a wider audience. If you’ve read this blog over the past few years, you’ll have seen me banging on about Twitter a lot (particularly way back in 2007). The bulk of the population remains to be convinced of its utility so my usual answer to people wondering why they should join is that it’s the ultimate news source.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, December 5, 2010
Mmmm Tomatoey
I like it, a lot. Needs a little bit more oomph to stand up to fish tho.
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Posted by Conor O'Neill on Saturday, November 13, 2010
Support Action Breast Cancer
I should have posted this weeks ago but I’ve been a wee bit busy. Our friends Haydn and Roos let me know about an event that is on October 29th in The Brogan Inn from 8pm to 10pm.
“It Must be the Music” is a night of Musical entertainment in aid of Action Breast Cancer, brought to you by Laoise O’Hanlon, joined by a variety of Cork women singers, including Kay Deering, Jamie Harper Kingston, Roos Demol, Bernie Harrington, Sinead Tracey, Jenny Bradley and Molly Lynch.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Tuesday, October 12, 2010
World's Worst Gardener
A few months ago I stuck some tomato plants that my sister gave me in the veg patch. I then ignored them entirely. This evening Catherine pointed out that I had a few tomatoes.
Bandon Tomatoes I really am a disgrace. I can count on one finger the number of gardening days this year. And every Autumn I swear it’ll be different next year.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Friday, September 24, 2010
Google Health + Android + CardioTrainer has me excited
Yesterday I did my first ever Half Marathon in Dingle. Yes it nearly killed me and I had to walk lots of it but I finished and I had several hundred people behind me. Compared to some of my friends who regularly do Triathlons, my achievement is nothing special. But for someone who spent 20 years sedentary and started running in January, aged 41, with a gippy ankle and hugely overweight, I’m pretty proud of myself.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, September 5, 2010
Our Food Past or Our Food Future?
I was given this heavy tome by the publishers to review and months later I’m finally getting my thoughts down. Whilst it is a fantastic collection of recipes and information that all Irish cooks should own, I fear that along with Darina’s Forgotten Skills of Cooking, we are looking at our past.
The Country Cooking of Ireland
The author Colman Andrews is a very well known food-writer and co-founder of the famed Saveur magazine in the US.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, July 25, 2010
Support Action Breast Cancer Fundraiser
One of the most powerful blogs I read in recent years was Roos Demol’s One Breast Less. I’m thrilled she has re-started it and she is involved in an Action Breast Cancer fundraiser.
Please head over there and show your support.
The concert, which still has no name (ideas welcome) will be held on October 29th in the Brogan Inn in Bandon. At the moment we are practising a barbershop song.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, July 1, 2010