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24th of December – finally twas the night before Christmas
After much excitement and preparation, Christmas Day is nearly here. We are having a major cleaning/purging/chopping of vegetables this morning – involving as much of the family as possible. As I am posting this earlier in the day, any photos I use to illustrate our Christmas Eve traditions will be using last years photos. Could…

Show & Tell – Spot the difference and step back in time
This photo is a treasured family photo from my husband’s family. It is his great grandfather (born in 1850) with SOME of his EIGHTEEN children, outside the family farm in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. He had two wives, when the first one died (probably from exhaustion!) he married within months, and went on to have…

Entrance Hall Makeover – an update
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Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle, N Ireland – a review
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