The Old Rectory Country Home Leitrim Anyone who has stayed with us will know we are surrounded by beautiful old trees, I wake every morning to trees and after a storm I open the shutters and take a look out the windows and do a survey around the other windows in the house. I did …
This Summer we enjoyed climbing the new path up Knocknarea in Strandhill, Sligo. We were blessed with a beautiful clear blue sky and both the climb and the views were incredible. There were a group of us, cousins between 9 and 20 and then the older gang. A lot of steps no trouble to the …
This past week The Old Rectory Bed and Breakfast Leitrim has been busy with a returning group from Poland staying, this time with a delegation of women from a Leader group who fund food businesses. A very enthusiastic group with an interpreter and lots of questions about all aspects of Irish life from business, to …
I have been eagerly awaiting the reopening of St. Mel’s Cathedral in Longford and last week I had the opportunity to make a visit. It was made all the more magical by the fact that the choir was practicing, not with the big organ, but still the sound was beautiful. I had yet to see …
Cuilagh Way For the past 13 years we have had groups staying at The Old Rectory Bed and Breakfast Leitrim who all spend a day on a walk up Cuilagh starting at different points depending on the group and their tour guide. It has been on my list for some time and this year I …
For the past two weeks at The Old Rectory Bed and Breakfst and Self Catering Leitrim I have been slowly working my way through the garden putting it to bed for the Winter and getting in all the Spring bulbs. And during that time I have had a great companion, who checks out my work …
Portumna Castle I have been so lucky this past Summer to see so much of Ireland that I have not experienced before along with returning to much loved places as well. One of my new adventures was to Portumna Castle, we spent a week in Clare at the end of the Summer in a wonderful …
We spent some time in Leenane last weekend and although it has been a few years since I have been there it is still one of my all time favourite places in the world. We were blessed with fantastic weather one of the days with clear blue skies. We went surfing and kayaking on Irelands …
I grew up in Trim and am always aw struck by Trim Castle. I think I am right in saying it is the largest Norman Castle in Ireland build by Hugh de Lacy and his son over a 30 year period. I spent a lot of time there as a child and when we had …
Taking on any project in a house can be daunting, taking on chimney’s that are taller than you with five chimney’s in each breast big enough that you can get into one of them is quite a task. I used to think that Mary Poppin’s was a bit farfetched with the chimney sweep in the …