Wasps Nest Earlier in the year when we were doing a big clean out we found the beginnings of a wasps nest with some larva already laid, I felt sorry for the poor Mother wasp who had already done a considerable amount of work starting to build the very beautiful and intricit nest they make. …
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 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, …
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 …
Once again the Murder Mystery weekend at The Old Rectory Bed and Breakfast in Leitrim went off without a hitch and the Murderer was caught. It was a new departure this weekend with the group being too big to have at the house, we decided to moved the venue to Fenagh Visitor Center and it …
We went to the country fair in Birr Castle at the end of the Summer on our way home from Clare. It is my second visit there and I was disappointed to find that the great science museum they had there is now closed, but the telescope remains and this is the history of it …
Strokestown House and Famine Museum is a wonderful place to spend the day. Strokestown House is not a trust owned home and it was been left exactly as it was when the last people lived there. It is one of my favourite houses to go to for that very reason, it is so different to …
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 …
Had a fantastic time on the Greenway in Westport, Co. Mayo, we cycled from Newport to Achill Island, 31 kilometers, on a lovely sunny Summer day in Ireland. It was my second time on the Greenway but the first for my two daughters and our Wicklow cousin. We had originally planned to cycle from Newport …
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 …