Last weekend we were very excited to have a special guest staying in our Willow Eco Cabin…none other than John Craven! Of John Craven’s Newsround! Visiting on the most exciting day of the Dromahair year, for the Demon Festival, John and his lovely wife joined us for homemade elderflower cordial in our sunny garden before heading off to sample the delights of the local area with Mary Mulvey of the Greenbox.
Unfortunately we only have a blurry photo to show for it, but it’s better than nothing…
Posted on July 1st, 2009 by Nicola
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Bad news on the chick front. At the weekend we discovered another horror scene in our chicken coup (who knew rearing chickens would be so violent?) and we were back to no eggs. And a lot of mess.
But worry not, after a quick redesign and a new special broody coup, Dumpy is back on her eggs. And after a quick google told us that these eggs should be chicks in as little as 3 weeks, pretty soon we’ll have a new gaggle! So here’s hoping that Sarah/Elvis is doing his job properly. Any ideas for new chick names can be submitted here!
Posted on June 24th, 2009 by Nicola
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It turns out that, not wanting to be left out, Dumpy (our smallest hen - with furry leg warmer style feet) is broody as well. Which is fine…but the prospect of 8 chicks running around the place isn’t so great. It also means that our egg production has hit rock bottom. We didn’t realise how much we relied on a daily delivery of 4 eggs (the best you’ll ever taste) until it was cruelly snatched away.
But we will muddle through, safe in the knowledge that pretty soon we’ll have even more of the blighters ready to fill our egg cartons (and bellies). Now, how long does it take before chicks turn into egg factories?
Posted on June 16th, 2009 by Nicola
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It’s taken us a while to get the link up and running, but click below to see Ard Nahoo on the RTE News (don’t worry - it was all for good reasons!)
Ard Nahoo on the Six One News
See Noeleen and others talking about Eco Tourism in Ireland, our uniquely designed Eco Cabins and how green holidays can lift Ireland’s tourism industry out of the recession. And Nicola pretending to read a book in the Green Room.
Posted on June 16th, 2009 by Nicola
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Keeping on the festival note, the Dromahair Festival is running on the Saturday of 27th June. With great music from Ray Coen, local musicians and Voices from the Fridge (featuring Noeleen!), as well as theatre, film and dance, this promises to be a fantastic event just a hop skip and a jump from Ard Nahoo. Last year saw a huge dragon roaming the streets of Dromahair, so who knows what will happen this time?
We still have availability for this weekend, so book in and enjoy all of the festivities from our stunning Eco Cabins, just a quick walk from the best festival Leitrim has to offer.
Posted on June 16th, 2009 by Nicola
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There’s loads going on throughout Sligo for the Cairde Festival, which is taking place between 6th - 12th July 2009.
Cairde celebrates diversity and community and in this year
Posted on June 16th, 2009 by Nicola
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