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Help Peter Find A Home For This….

 

remember this… see here for more images and information on no rubber soul -

I was talking with John last week – that would be John Friel, the brains behind turning some of my ‘other’ idea[s] into reality – this one he was most famed for.

Turns out, after being in storage for two years [this [...]

the garden groups first adventure

 

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http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/2010/01/15/the-garden-groups-first-adventure/

war memorial gardens

It is official. The first ever outing for the Garden group has been organised is set up and ready to go.

The trip is to The National War Memorial Gardens [Dublin] and it will cost you absolutely [...]

Join in Peter’s Garden Group

 

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So it was sometime last year that the suggestion came in to set a garden group up…. and I did… but not a whole lot happened with it for so many varying reasons… but thats another story and this is 2010.

It’s a new year and it’s time I got things grooving in this [...]

Niall Mellon Table Quiz Dec 3rd Malahide

 

Read how I got on in South Africa – read post 1
then read post number 2 on the garden of hope team

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And so just back from South Africa… I had managed to fall short of the €5,000 required to make the trip. The very kind people of the Trust had given me a [...]

wallacedene and the garden of hope team 2009

 

update: table quiz dec 3rd malahide…?

To read post number one of the journey – click here

They say the gardening team were a special bunch. I’m unsure whether some meant that with a touch of humour…. But the truth is we were are. The reality is though that that humour is so necessary. When [...]

niall mellon township building blitz 2009

 

950 Volunteers – 1 Week – 200 New Houses

I had disappeared for the last week or so…. and it seems in Ballyboughal terms I missed quite a bit… congratulations footballers!!
This is what I was doing….

Wallacedene, Cape Town, South Africa.

My third year to travel with The Garden of Hope Team, this year was always going to [...]

whats happening with the money raised on poker night…

 

For the record I prefer the second video…. but only because of the music

The poker night on Friday…… yip that be this poker night  – click here – well… if you wanna know what the money achieved last year… then take a listen to Dominic…

As you can gather it was for a different [...]

poker classic

 

are you going…?

***Tickets can be bought behind the bar in The Village Inn from Kevin or drop by my house

 From Yes folks 7 tables of 7 people will battle it out for the title of Ballyboughals best poker player in just over 2 weeks time.

The gig won’t take place in O’Connors pub [...]

'the' junior cup....

 

myself, cian and the cup…

Last night Cian Delaney so very kindly dropped by my house with ‘the’ cup.

Yes the cup that this town has waited so long to see….

For those who haven’t seen it and as Brian Killarney pointed out to me… this is what it’s all about.

As you can gather the [...]

niall mellon township trust garden weekend

 

and what a weekend it turned out to be…. It was amazing.

To say I was blown away by peoples generosity is an understatement. Whether it was time, money or simply calling to wish only the very best – thank you all so much. You really did and will make such a difference. From [...]