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Buying and Delivery of Garden Plants in Cork.
The Covid-19 travel restrictions have affected all of us and we at ActivityDays.ie have got back to gardening in a big way. We have weeded the flower beds, pruned the fruit bushes, enriched the soil and moved plants. Whether you have a garden or a balcony you probably want to...
Best Lighthouses – Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland
LIghthouses of Wild Atlantic Way to see, do a tour, stay in or sail around. Lighhthouses dot the west Coast of Ireland.
Self-Catering Holiday Home in West Cork
Relax in West Cork this Winter or Spring
Sunset 2020 from Patio self-catering in West Cork Kitchen with a View Our comfortable holiday cottage Tig na Failte overlooks beautiful Dunmanus Bay halfway between Bantry and Schull in West Cork. This Failte Ireland Approved Self-Catering cottage has won an award in 2018 as...Festivals in Ireland – History – Part 3.
Phil Lynott Statue off Grafton Street, Dublin
History of Festivals
- Musicians- Bands played-U2- Thin Lizzy - Chieftans- Rory Gallaher.
Ireland has a great range of festivals held mainly in the summer months. These festivals have grown from a music base of festivals since the 1970s. This piece looks at the development...Best Festivals in Ireland – Part 2- Music and Craic
Festivals in Ireland -Music Festivals-Oireachtas- Jazz- Rugby 7's- Rose of Tralee. Electric Picnic Ireland has a great range of festivals held mainly in the summer months. These include large weeklong festivals to small community festivals where people come together based on shared interest or activity. St Patrick’s Day, the national holiday,...
Irish Book Retailers Selling Online
In these days of ‘lockdown’, many of us are looking for ways to fill our time. Reading is one of the great pleasures for many of us but the question is how to get access to books as bookshops are currently closed. I had planned to do a blog on...
Restaurants in Cork offering Eat at Home
Restaurants in Cork city and county are re-opening, in a different way with Dine at Home menus. All operate on a booking system for food with a time slot for collection. By supporting the local restaurants you are also supporting the producers of the area. Sage in Midelton is one...
Food Producers who Deliver in Cork during COVID-19
Food Producers in Cork support Customers during Covid-19 During the COVID-19 Virus pandemic, farmers are still working and small artisan producers are still turning the raw ingredients into great food. Farmers and producers are doing their best get products to consumers using a variety of methods such as: An online shop...
Skellig Boat Trip Options
Where is Skellig Michael in Ireland? The two Skellig Islands (Michael/Mor and Beag) are 12km (8 miles) off the coast of Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. Skellig Michael is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and both islands were made famous by the recent Star Wars films. As recently pointed out...