The Joe Mooney summer school is an exceptional week of Irish Culture, music and craic. People from all over the world travel to the lovely county of Leitrim Ireland for this extraordinary week. It doesn’t matter if you play an instrument or not, there are complete beginner classes, voice classes and dancing classes so there …
Stylish Silage Leitrim The Stylish Silage competition in Drumshanbo is under way again this year and from what I have seen so far it is going to be an impressive competition. If you haven’t been to Leitrim to see the competition I highly recommend it.
Cowboys and Heroes Drumcoura Leitrim Less than two weeks away now to Cowboys and Heroes hitting Leitrim. There is a great line up this year for Cowboys and Heroes with Robert Mizzell, Patrick Feeney, Jimmy Buckley, John Brady, Mike Denver, Lisa McHugh, and Derek Ryan. And on Monday all proceeds are going to Make a …
The Old Rectory St. Patrick’s Day has changed completely from when I was a child when we wore our shamrock to mass and that was pretty much that. It was a religious day to be observed. Now it is predominantly about parades and the getting together of communities and socialising. Not sure what St. Patrick …
Why has the Book of Fenagh survived for 500 years? This past weekend the community of Fenagh and those related to it came together to celebrate the Book of Fenagh, and what a great weekend it turned out to be. I was lucky enough to attend most of the lectures and we got an in …
The Old Rectory Bed and Breakfast The Joe Mooney Summer School is a very successful Summer School with a diverse range of classes both from an instrument piont of view but also singing and set dancing classes as well. Since The Old Rectory Self catering opened four years ago now we have been blessed with …
The Old Rectory, Fenagh, Co. Leitrim This Summer instead of having a week away we decided that each person would pick somewhere they wanted to go for the day, and when a day came free off we went. Pat jumped in as soon as I mentioned the idea and said he baggsed Tayto Park in …
The Crafty Ladies of Carrigallen have been working on their Gathering Event for some time now and next Tuesday the 24th of September will see The Gathering Stitches Event get under way. It starts at 2pm in the afternoon and runs until 8pm in the evening. The main event is the collecting of patchwork squares …
The Lakelands and Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championships kicks off this Monday the 9th of September. We are lucky to have some of the organizers staying with us this week as they get ready for the competition next week. The competitors will start arriving tomorrow. The sections are in Leitrim, Cavan, and Fermanagh. The …
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The results of Floral Pride 2012 are out, and The Old Rectory Bed and Breakfast in Fenagh, Co. Leitrim received 3rd place in the Best Business Display Category. It is our first year entering the competition and we were very excited to have come 3rd out of 17 businesses in this category. Congratulations to Fenagh Visitor …