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Aurora Over Swinford 13th October 2016
Aurora Over Swinford 13th October 2016 With the Autumn now here we are now entering the Aurora season once again. The Aurora Over Swinford 13th October 2016 wasn't one I was expecting so soon! NOAA the space weather prediction centre, issued an alert for increased...
Prize Winner At 28th Swinford Agricultural Show
Prize Winner At 28th Swinford Agricultural Show The weather was terrible today but was a delighted prize winner at 28th Swinford Agricultural show. Usually we'd have our hanging baskets planted up and ready for hanging out on the first week of June as we've done for...
2016 Ireland Blog Awards
2016 Ireland Blog Awards I got notification earlier in the week letting me know that my site here has made the 2016 Ireland Blog Awards longlist. For a third year in a row I've somehow managed to make the Ireland Blog Awards longlist. Last year I was thrilled to make...
Tears From A Rose
Tears From A Rose With all the recent glorious fine weather we got here in Mayo recently, the gardens and flower beds are really beginning to come into bloom.
Early Summer Colour
Some Early Summer Colour Around Swinford Has summer come early? The weather has been brilliant here for the last week or so. Here's some early Summer colour from around Swinford that I managed to capture over the last few days. While out photographing a few flowers...
Swinford 1916 Centenary Parade
Swinford 1916 Centenary Parade Sunday 24th April 2016 On Sunday the 24th April 2016 we held the Swinford 1916 Centenary Parade. Well done to everyone involved in the parade everyone who took part. Swinford 1916 Centenary Celebration Parade from Michael Maye on Vimeo....
Swinford Celebrates 1916
Swinford Celebrates 1916 on weekend of 22nd to 24th April 2016 Swinford celebrates 1916 is a weekend of events to commemorate the 1916 rising. The first event took place last night, "1916 The view from the west, Evidence from the military archives". This was a hugely...
April Sunset Over Swinford 2016
April sunset over Swinford Its time that the weather started to pick up! Here's a shot I got of an April sunset over Swinford. Photo of the sunset with Neiphen in the background was taken from a usual location I use, the top of the hill in Kilconduff Graveyard. This...
Swinford 65th St Patrick’s Day Parade
Swinford 65th St Patrick's Day Parade Some video footage of the Swinford 65th St Patrick's Day Parade. I have recorded over an hour of footage but have it edited down to about half an hour. I tried to get as many people as well at the parade. The presentation of the...
Spring 2016
Spring 2016 Finally here, just about! Has Spring 2016 finally arrived? Some of our first dwarf daffodils have appeared in the last few days here in Swinford. We have also got some crocuses up, though some of them have been up for the last week in some of the tidy...
The Toughest Trade
The Toughest Trade TV Documentary Mayo gaa's Aidan O Shea is taking part in The Toughest Trade TV documentary, which is being filmed by AIB the main sponsors of the Club Championships. This is the second season of the toughest trade, the first series having been...
Mutton Lane Cork
Mutton Lane Cork We were back in Mutton Lane Cork last week, when we were there for the start of the football league. This time around I had my camera with me to get some proper shots of Mutton Lane! Mutton Lane is just one of the many entrance's into the English...
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