Christmas in Cork 2015.
Tag: yule log
Back in black
That gif tells you all you need to know: Whiskey! Craft! Fire! If, however, you need more information, there’s this: It’s always enriching when established brands and emerging talents come together, so have the schedule for the Jameson Black Barrel Craft Market which runs from November 27th – 29th should not be missed. The free three-day […]
Dingle and ready to mingle
I took part in the Dingle Distillery whiskey school – it’s a great way to spend a couple of days in an amazing part of the country. I highly recommend it. The article ran in the Irish Examiner over the summer, but here it is in full. If Oliver Hughes has a crystal ball, he […]
Distilling in the name of….
So I got to take part in the Irish Whiskey Academy here in my hometown, along with a bunch of whisk(e)y writers, bloggers and promoters. It was a lot of fun, and I’d highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in whiskey….and a grand to spare. This article originally appeared in the Irish Examiner […]
What we leave behind
So I wrote an article for the Irish Examiner about researching genealogy. I went on a bit, and they rightly cut it down. However, given that this is the unregulated, self-indulgent wasteland of blogging, I’m going to post the unabridged version for you to snooze through: Carpe diem You probably remember the scene in Dead Poet’s Society. Robin Williams’s […]
Yeah, I do it naked. I don’t do it with great expertise, just the joy of it – the dog does it with me. It saves me taking him for a walk. We just go out and bounce for a while.The dog loves it. In fact, I caught the dog doing it on his own. Two […]
Fairytale of east Cork
Good to see young fellas beating the shit outta each other in main street midleton at 11 o clock on xmas eve #Sad #HappyChristmas 😂😂 — Gav Hegarty (@GavHegarty) December 24, 2014
Christopher Lee (92) releases another metal Christmas song (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
ogle ˈəʊɡ(ə)l/ verb 1. stare at in a lecherous manner.
Brendan Ogle claims the crowd at #Right2Water protest is between 70,000 and 80,000 people. #right2waterireland pic.twitter.com/FKjLXql2Ru — Cork’s 96FM (@Corks96FM) December 10, 2014 He might want to ogle them a bit more as almost all official estimates put it at 30,000 to 35,000. That’s still a huge number for a country that is as slow […]
A house in Youghal has its Christmas display offset by a weak version of Little Drummer Boy. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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