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
African Drumming Workshops Available
Patrick Naughton has been in touch to tell me about African drumming workshops that he runs for community groups, schools and festivals in Cork and the surrounding areas.
If you know of any such group that are looking for workshops or entertainers then do get in contact with him on pat.naughton@yahoo.co.uk
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Full Circles African Drumming workshops are an exciting, fun, addition to any festival or gathering that you have planned.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, June 10, 2010
Check out the new bandon.ie site
Brilliant job by Andrew Kingston of Arkutech.ie in building the newbandon.ie site.
bandon.ie
A quick poke around confirmed that it is built on the same fantastic Wordpress foundation as this fine blog.
A certain person named Donncha O’Caoimh is one of the main developers of Wordpress and just lives a few miles away in Blarney. Bandon is clearly commited to buying local. OK Wordpress is free but you get my point!
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, June 10, 2010
Allotments for Bandon
I was thrilled to get an email from Tara O’Donoghue to tell me that Bandon allotments are up and running.
The allotment garden is located in Cloughmacsimon – a short distance off the bypass, right behind Coláiste Na Toirbhirte.
Plots are available in 2 sizes 5x7m for €80pa or 5x10m for €100pa. There are plenty of plots available so call 023 8852922 or 087 9567452 or email bandontransition@gmail.com for more information.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
RTE finally has a new Darina and his name is Martin Shanahan
With a single episode, the greatest TV show RTE have made about food in at least 25 years. Martin Shanahan jumps out of the screen, grabs you by the scruff of the neck and demands that you watch him and start loving fish.
After decades of dreary formulaic yawn inducing food programmes on Irish TV or worse, the “crayzzzzze kooky” shows, someone in RTE finally saw an episode of Jamie Oliver and realised what was missing - personality.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Friday, April 23, 2010
For Your Consideration
Not Christopher Guest’s best movie but I always liked the title.
I’ve been shortlisted in the Irish Internet Association Net Visionary Awards as front-man for LouderVoice. It’s in the Innovation category. If you have a spare minute, pop on over to the site and vote for all your favourite Irish web businesses. Your support is appreciated by us all.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Monday, April 19, 2010
A Kitchen Paradise in Bantry
We recently discovered this shop as it seems to be the only one in a few hundred miles of Bandon that sells Sodastream gas refills. Catherine popped down a few weeks ago to get two refills and raved about the place. I drove down yesterday to have a look and get some of the Sodastream flavours.
They are just at the top of town on the main street, impossible to miss.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, March 21, 2010
Live Pre-packed Mussels - Genius Idea
I popped into the fish shop in Bantry today and spotted these. A fully sealed pack of live local mussels. I have long lamented the lack of fresh shellfish in shops in Cork and now they have no excuse. All you need is a cooler cabinet with no need for special shellfish expertise or having to deal with smells or things going off. These could literally be sold in every garage and convenience shop in the country.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Saturday, March 20, 2010