Altamont Gardens – Carlow We took a trip to Carlow last week to have a look at the college there in preparations for the leaving cert results coming out next week. It is a lovely town and we made the most of our trip with a stop at Altamont Gardens, there are some really beautiful …
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 …
Murder Mystery Ireland Our lastly Murder Mystery group arrived introducing themselves in character for the weekend, they were well familiar with all their family memebers and were plotting themselves who would be Murdered on the night. People come to The Old Rectory Country House for a Murder Mystery weekend for all kinds of reasons, a …
Murder Mystery Weekend – Leitrim The Old Rectory Country House offers a unique Murder Mystery weekend. People already know the character they will be playing on the night and the relationship with the other characters for the evening. This allows groups to get into character before they arrive. If you have a special occasion coming …
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 …
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 …
The Cavan Burren The Cavan Burren is only 35 minutes from The Old Rectory, Leitrim and the drive there is beautiful it is close to The Shannon Pot and the road there is also the route of the Kingfisher Cycle trail. It has been on my list for some time now and somehow all the …
Murder Mystery Weekend Want to play detective for an evening and solve the crime at The Old Rectory? An unsuspecting victim will fall foul to a sinister act and we need you to assist Inspector DuBois to find out ‘Who Done It’? Food and a Murder Mystery experience you will not forget! Find the clues, …
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 …
Trinity College Dublin Have spent the last four days in and around Dublin and Aoife and I went to see the Book of Kells and to see the Long Library in Trinity both amazing experiences, have some quilting ideas with some of the Book Durrow patterns if I can find the one I like on line. …
