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Category: out and about

out and about…

“We opened seven days…Sunday was a great day for the soft ice-cream machine”

25 Jul 201825 Jul 2018
  Very few of us do anything interesting on a Tuesday evening... However, last Tuesday, 24th July I had the privilege of sitting and chatting with Jimmy Whelan of Whelan's Foodstore…
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St Flannan’s Cathedral – a view through the lens

30 Jun 2018
Every time I gaze upon this beautiful structure I ponder on a labour of love and spiritual devotion created without cranes, cement mixers, hard hats and high viz jackets, computer…
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Water water everywhere……

19 Apr 201819 Apr 2018
It's hard not to have 'water on the brain' these days after months of heavy rain which we thought would never stop. Ballina residents, and indeed anyone who drives through…
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Storied Space: A Visit to X-PO in Kilnaboy

23 Mar 2018
Looking for ideas of how historic spaces can be repurposed? On Friday, March 9, Liam O’Riain’s own Last Friday musicians headed north to Kilnaboy to share their music at X-PO.…

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