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“Halloween is coming And the goose is getting fat Please put a penny in the old man’s hat If you haven’t got a penny A Ha’penny will do If you haven’t got a ha’penny The God bless you And the old man too!” Well, Halloween here in N Ireland is over for another year, the…
Many of my american friends struggle to believe that here in Ireland, before pumpkins were imported and widely available, we carved out turnips as lanterns for halloween! I thought I would share a few more of the differences between then and now Then Carving Hacking out the middle of a large turnip with a metal…
The Slieve Donard Hotel is located on the seafront of Newcastle, Co Down, where, as the song says, “the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea”. Even on a good day, they are more just large hills than actual mountains, and the weather was so atrocious that we saw little of them from our…
This afternoon we headed over to part of the North Coast of Northern Ireland which we don’t visit so often, the beach at Downhill, just beyond Castlerock. Downhill beach is a 7 mile stretch of golden sand from Magillan Point to Mussenden and apparently is one of the longest beaches in Europe. It was a…
Since starting my own small business www.janmarydesigns.com I have become more and more aware of the need to connect and network. It can be a bit daunting arriving in a room full of strangers, and definitely puts me outside my comfort zone. However, on arriving at the South Belfast Enterprise Agency in the Ormeau Business…
It’s that time again, when half the world goes green crazy, and each year I am continually amazed at how Ireland is celebrated around the world! I’m JanMary, a blogger in Northern Ireland, and at this time of year I host a wee party to celebrate the celebrating of St Patrick!This is our 3rd year…
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