Unknowns to me, the lovely people of the Final Indo printed a blog article – borrowed from the blog here and over the course of the weekend – half the population of North Dublin either rang or called to my house.
UNFORTUNATELY….I am limited to 18 people. And all places for this tour filled after 3 hours. It is closed. Dúnta. Shut.
Nobody apart from those who left a comment on the landscaping weblog are permitted to attend. If you do turn up. I apologise in advance – but as I said I am limited to 18 people at a maximum.This was agreed with the parks department and is out of my control.
All details of any further Garden Group Events will be announced over my landscaping Blog - and will be put in the category Garden Group
Last week I was looking for somewhere to go for a bite to eat with ‘her indoors’ as Arthur Daly would have called it. By chance I tried the Seamus Ennis Centre. It was Saturday night and was tipping just after 9pm. They have the gigs on here as usual… but more important they are now doing dinner on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Of course they also do food throughout the day…but at least there is somewhere good food and wholesome to go thats not a night out in Swords.
Credit where it is due. The staff literally couldn’t do enough for us. The food was really good and the wine menu was decent… In that I only mean I wouldn’t have minded a glass of Georges Deboeuf Beaujolais But apart from from that… absolutely amazing made all the more special by the very nice people who made us both feel so happy for coming along.
Two main courses, a glass of white, a half bottle of red, desert for one, tea and a real cup of coffee was just a little over €50. Now that’s pretty good…
Zenith Holistic Clinic
Ballyboughal Village
Co. Dublin
All proceeds from the day are being donated to The Concern Haiti Earthquake Appeal
A range of holistic therapies/consultations will be available on the day such as
Acupuncture Reiki Angelic Healing
Massage Metamorphosis
Booking Essential
Phone 01 8433788 or Email info@zenithholistic.com for more information
If I had told you 3 years ago that we would have been able to buy a pizza in Ballyboughal…. would you have believed me…. ? Not likely.
For those not from Ballyboughal… I remember when I first moved here ordeing a delivery of food for a quite night in and the delivery charge I was quoted was €7.
One would have to order an hour in advance and drive to Swords and back with the hopefully warm food…. Flash forward to today and we have some local businesses doing quite well it seems. And well done to you to you all.
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They are hand made. They taste really good…. and the staff smile and are happy to see you
You might wonder why I’m giving Enricos a little coverage/ PR on the Ballyboughal website…. the answer is quite simple… they asked me.
Got something you’d like to see here…? Give me a call or drop by and I’ll make you a cup of coffee. It costs you nothing….
It seems the snow has gone…. and today the sun is shining…. I had meant to put these up a while ago but I guess I just never got around to it [explained below]…. anyhow for those of you outside of Ireland this is a sampler of what I snapped over the Winter period.
A note of sincere thanks to the nice guys from Telecom Eireann who same out to fix my broadband…. very much appreciated.
We will have a personal guided tour and if you have never been here before… the towers will be made open and available to us so if you had [or think you had] a relation in World War 1 we will be able to go in and get printed copies from the original books of the records. The fact that the entire gardens were built by hand…. is amazing just to look at and for the pure gardener there’s a collection of over 5,000 roses. There literally is something for everyone and this is not about ones ability to horticulture….
Date and Time: Sunday 7th February 2009 at 12pm midday. Depending on yourself this should take no more than 3 hours [at a max].
To Book Your Place: Places are limited to 18 people maximum. Whether you showed interest in the previous post – or not – this is the list I will use. If you would like to go enter your details and note: ‘ i’m in ‘ – or – ‘keep me on the shortlist’
Any Other Details: My suggestion is we bring some sandwiches and a flask and maybe have a bite to eat/ picnic there [weather permitting]. This can be organised through the comment section below.
Anyone who travel-wise can only get so far – note it below I’m sure some of us will be driving and would be more than happy to pick you up en route.
Location: South Circular Rd, Islandbridge. Opposite the army barracks Entrance from Con Colbert Rd. and South Circular Rd. (Phoenix Park end) enter via school gates and drive through to the car park
Bus Route(s): No’s. 51, 68 and 69 from Aston Quay.
* a note of thanks to Michael Herbert [and Margaret Gormley] and his team in the OPW park department – really so very much appreciated
At the launch of the temple bar tradfest it was amazing to hear Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh mention – at such a high profile gig – where some may not know who or where Seamus Ennis now sat with his uileann pipes…. so many didn’t by the way
Take a listen….
Anyhows…. of course Mairéad was there to launch the temple bar tradfest 2010 that takes places 27th – 31st January 2010. Whilst I was there the Kilfenora Ceilí band also put on a little of a show…. It wasn’t exactly Connors pub…. [more The Clarence Hotel... ] but credit where it’s due – they gave a decent taster of what to expect.
If you are around the area for it – let me know how you got on
mild update of sorts:
got this in and what can I say…. was kind of looking for the connection…. is that the right word…. anyhow…. it is the guys and businesses of the temple bar traders who are putting this gig on…. and rightly sothey should get the mention…. loads of eateries and trad sessions going free down there as well as the paid gigs. Gallaghers are just of of many. Go say hi… It’s important we have this gig next year…. and the year after
But apart from from that… absolutely amazing made all the more special by the very nice people who made us both feel so happy for coming along.
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