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Visting Sligo - A Short Stay in Yeats' Country

We try to get to Donegal every year - it's my favourite place in the country and I have written about our visits there a few times - y...

Cliona Kelliher 15 Aug, 2020

cleaning , eco cleaning , eco friendly

Iron and Velvet Plastic Free Household Cleaner Review

In my quest to reduce plastic for #plasticfreejuly, I decided to try the zero waste sachets from Iron and Velvet, available from thekind.c...

Cliona Kelliher 9 Jul, 2020

climate action , environment , environmentalism

Plastic Free July - Some Easy Changes

I feel like most people are aware now that plastic and micro-plastics are contaminating our world and causing untold damage to wildlife an...

Cliona Kelliher 26 Jun, 2020

blacklivesmatter , compassion , conversation

Soundbites and Substance, Social Media and Social Issues

I've put off writing a post for ages for a few different reasons - the lockdown has definitely affected my motivation and sense of wel...

Cliona Kelliher 22 Jun, 2020

Biodiversity , garden , gardening

Garden Days in the Pandemic

There are a whole wealth of topics within this new life we are leading - restriction, death, loss, fear. So many emotions and so much hard...

Cliona Kelliher 28 Apr, 2020

architecture , ben bulben , buildings

Road trip home, a medieval journey, architecture and history.

In these strange times, I find myself longing to get away and go on a trip. I think this world crisis has led to many different emotional ...

Cliona Kelliher 14 Apr, 2020

Biodiversity , climate action , environment

Living Harmoniously with Slugs and Snails

Living with slugs and snails? I guess for any gardener it might seem like a strange concept :) I have for years been trying to figure out ...

Cliona Kelliher 18 Mar, 2020 6

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