I realised this year that I have been making holiday mixes for 19 years. These days I’m beginning to wonder how to determine the official length of a mix. In the good old days, it was the length of a 90-minute cassette, and even this year, I pressed CDs, so the playlist remains the length [...]

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(Photo credit: Mickey Smith) Apparently we weren’t in the right place to see some of the biggest waves over the weekend. There were, indeed, 50 ft. waves in Mullaghmore, just North of Sligo … and people were surfing them. We left from Mullaghmore on one of our best journeys to the island of Inishmurray. I [...]

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Our apple tree looks like it’s from the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, but it did bear fruit which made for some tasty mini apple tarts tonight.

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On Saturday they were calling for potential 40ft. waves on the West coast of Ireland. The surf was pretty rough and frothy, but we didn’t see anything colossal. It was interesting to see just how many people during a storm warning went to the beach to take pictures. I remember heading out during the hurricane [...]

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Gabe started at left wing for Sligo and played the entire game. He had the longest run of the match, reversing field, running the length of the pitch only to be denied a try at the line. Creggs wasn’t in the match at all with a 21-5 score at the half and a convincing final [...]

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