A kind May but is our luck about to change
Country Living with Francis Farragher
IT does only seem like yesterday when we were dusting ourselves down after the Christmas season and then preparing for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade but almost in a flash...
The long and very short journey from ‘57 to now
Country Living with Francis Farragher
THERE was a fair confluence of emotions last week when the year 1957 took on its own special significance for me, but in fairness most of them were good ones,...
Meeting a man who’s lost faith in ‘the Ring forecasts’
Country Living with Francis Farragher
Last week, while buying some provisions in the local store, I was confronted (well in a nice kind of way) by a fellow customer, who had taken my advice in...
Cloosh valley fire lifts the lid on our air quality myth
Country Living with Francis Farragher
Having no sooner consoled myself about the intrinsic benefits of breathing in clean West of Ireland air as compared to what one experiences in the mega-cities like Beijing, my little...
Three Irish gems never to be taken for granted
Country Living with Francis Farragher
April, is probably the ideal month to visit the Chinese capital of Beijing. At that time, the often extreme sub-continental climate of the region is at its most benign –...
History always leaves its own indelible mark
Country Living with Francis Farragher
Make no mistake about it, if you’re a country boy (or girl), a visit to China and in particular a heaving city like Beijing, will leave you with a huge...