Tag: country living
Plain Jane was a far more welcome guest than Harvey
Country Living with Francis Farragher
We’ve now officially slipped quite seamlessly into the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, with our climatological summer ending on...
A clash of deadlines and emotion at the final frontier
Country Living with Francis Farragher
It does seem only like yesterday, but 37 summers have now passed since Galway’s breakthrough hurling success of 1980, a...
A week when sensible souls lose their marbles and lucre
Country Living with Francis Farragher
It’s been going on for the past 148 years at Ballybrit – since August 17, 1869 – and while horses...
Mecca beckons for pilgrims whose dreams never die
Country Living with Francis Farragher
At this stage, it’s seems more like a kind of pilgrimage . . . another trip along the road and...
Trying to avoid the world of sweaty gyms and hard jogs
Country Living with Francis Farragher
It’s quite amazing how an occasional bit of back trouble can focus the mind and make you appreciate greatly how...
Only dentist’s chair can stall the march of time
Country Living with Francis Farragher
The other morning while sitting on the dentist’s chair – a position of real fear for any male with even...