Latest news from Ardnahoo Eco Retreat, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim, Ireland

Chick Carnage

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 [...]

Another Broody Hen - Hmm.

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 [...]

Ard Nahoo on RTE News

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 [...]

Dromahair Festival

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. [...]

Cairde Festival in Sligo

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

Broody Hen!

Exciting news from our hen house. Blacky (or Sooty, I can’t remember what her name is) is broody! She’s been sitting on her eggs for a good week now, so hopefully in a month or so we’ll have three little chicks!
This all depends on whether Sarah/Elvis has been doing his job properly, and if [...]