Tag: country living
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)...
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...
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...
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...
A place for Selkirk in a sea of retail bedlam
Country Living with Francis Farragher
At the best of times, I’m not exactly a lover of big shops, but nothing could have prepared me for...
A place of chaos that never dares to doze
Most nights when I wake up, there’s a kind of reassuring familiarity at seeing the same lampshade hanging from the ceiling. I feel it...