The Old Rectory Country Home Leitrim Anyone who has stayed with us will know we are surrounded by beautiful old trees, I wake every morning to trees and after a storm I open the shutters and take a look out the windows and do a survey around the other windows in the house. I did …
The Joy of a New Year The New Year has begun, and it has many sides, the first is nature brought to the fore with the arrival of the first lambs of the year, lambs have to be one of the cutiest babies and I am always amazed by how they feel and the curiosity …
The Cavan Burren The Cavan Burren is only 35 minutes from The Old Rectory, Leitrim and the drive there is beautiful it is close to The Shannon Pot and the road there is also the route of the Kingfisher Cycle trail. It has been on my list for some time now and somehow all the …
Murder Mystery Weekend Want to play detective for an evening and solve the crime at The Old Rectory? An unsuspecting victim will fall foul to a sinister act and we need you to assist Inspector DuBois to find out ‘Who Done It’? Food and a Murder Mystery experience you will not forget! Find the clues, …
The Old Rectory, Country Home, Fenagh, Ballinamore, Leitrim The Canal walk in Ballinamore is in full blown, we send all our guests from The Old Rectory, Fenagh, Leitrim to either walk or cycle along the beautiful waters edge. These are some of the flowers we saw along the way when we walked it this week.
Why has the Book of Fenagh survived for 500 years? This past weekend the community of Fenagh and those related to it came together to celebrate the Book of Fenagh, and what a great weekend it turned out to be. I was lucky enough to attend most of the lectures and we got an in …
Aoife’s off to her Debs After a mad day of running around getting her nails done, then her hair, which Siobhan did after many practice sessions, and finally her makeup, it was time for the photo shoot, my favourite part of the day recording the memories. Pictures taken on the steps of The Old Rectory …
The Governor’s House and Goal in Nenagh There is something so unusual about a octagon house and the Governor’s house in Nenagh is an interesting one. The goal in Nenagh was built between 1840 and 1842 due to overcrowding in the goal in Thurles and it was a two day walk from the north of …
The Old Rectory – Leitrim Last week all the lovely thatched cottages, including the one we were staying in, reminded me of my Great Aunts thatched cottage that we loved to go to, it was pretty much as it had been for 100 years, it was the cottage she had been born in and went on …
Trinity College Dublin Have spent the last four days in and around Dublin and Aoife and I went to see the Book of Kells and to see the Long Library in Trinity both amazing experiences, have some quilting ideas with some of the Book Durrow patterns if I can find the one I like on line. …