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How to Spring Clean Your Blog and Make it Shine
Spring is traditionally a time for spring cleaning – a time of letting go of clutter, reorganising cupboards and drawers, painting, dusting and polishing… We spring clean our homes, but what about our blogs? How can you spring clean your blog and make it shine? I will share a few tips: Imagine Yourself a First…
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How to Decorate a Christmas Wreath
It seems timely to share this seasonal post from once again. I first learned how to decorate a Christmas wreath at our local Women’s Shed. I will share the technique with you step by step: Resources You will need: A basic straw wreath Green plastic tape Rolls of florist’s wire Metal pins Assorted foliage, including…
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How to Maintain Winter Interest in your Garden
Coastal Climate The following tips are based on my own gardening experiences in Donegal, Ireland which has a very mild but often wet climate, with minimal frost and little snow. Trees If you have space, consider including a tree(s) in your planting scheme. Although my garden is quite small, I have included a Birch tree,…
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10 Tasks to Prepare your Garden for Winter
I have just completed my autumn garden tidy up, and look forward to relaxing with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book or two… Getting ahead in autumn means there is a lot less to do in March and April. However, every year differs, depending on weather conditions. Checklist Here is my checklist…
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The Wild Atlantic Way – Mullaghderg Beach
“Walking is a man’s best medicine.” Hippocrates Mullaghderg Beach I make my way to the beach as often as possible; it helps to calm my busy blogger’s brain. Mullaghderg is a stunning beach…
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Tory Island Walks – The Legend of Balor of the Evil Eye
“Walking is a man’s best medicine.” Hippocrates Leabhar Gabhala Eireann Leabhar Gabhala Eireann ( The Book of the Taking of Ireland) suggests that Tory was first occupied by settlers from Turkey called Nemedians.…
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Tory Island and Saint Colm Cille
The Tau Cross Visitors to Tory Island are greeted by a large Tau Cross, which stands near the harbour. It was carved from a single slab of mica, and measures 1.9m high by 1.1m wide. There is only one other Tau Cross in Ireland, located at Kilnaboy in Co. Clare. The Tau Cross gets its…
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Derek Hill and Tory Island’s Artists
Derek Hill Derek Hill ( 6 December 1916 – 30 July 2000) was an English landscape and portrait artist, who first visited Tory Island in 1956. Derek returned many times over the intervening years, staying in a little hut in Ard Larthain, which was once a coastal signal station. Glebe House Derek’s former home and…
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The Wild Atlantic Way – Tory Island
Tory is the most remote of Ireland’s inhabited islands, lying twelve kilometres off the coast of Donegal. It is part of the tourist initiative “The Wild Atlantic Way,” offering visitors stunning walks, diving, fishing, bird watching, historical sites, Irish culture and a very warm welcome. A ferry leaves for the island from Magheraroarty pier, a…
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Tory Island Walks
“Walking is a man’s best medicine.” Hippocrates Tory Island Walks Walking through West Town An Baile Thiar, I felt incredibly happy to note that Tory remains unspoiled. I really love the traditional style…
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