Clonmel Applefest Sept 28-30 2018
Clonmel Apple Fest is here. Clonmel Applefest is a brand new festival which aims to celebrate the unique ‘sense of place’ emanating from Clonmel’s special location and mix of industrial…
Category: pleasure
What is the worst chess move? – with Gregory Serper
I am unsure if I am worse at chess or at drawing but I enjoy both. Chess.com is a wonderful resource for online play and also for learning. I am afraid I have been…
#Inktober is coming…
Last year I participated in #Inktober. This is a month-long drawing challenge devised by Jake Parker. Here is the description from the Inktober site: Q: What is Inktober? A: Inktober…
Joseph Haydn’s “Horseman” string quartet in G minor Op. 74 No. 3
[ youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8rdK0XpJoA&w=560&h=315%5D According to Misha Donat’s notes for the Saloman Quarter release of this quartet: The most famous among Haydn’s six quartets of 1793 is the last, in G…
A wonderful place for a family day out – WWT Castle Espie, Co. Down
Between Comber and Newtownards in County Down lies WWT (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust) reserve Castle Espie. This is a wonderful site, and I would say the most impressive family attraction…
Did Captain Molesworth Lose His Bet? … what happened
Following on from last week: “Captain Molesworth had a bright idea – he would play another round. He did this seventh round in 104 strokes and argued that he had…
Hesychia – “the rest which flows from unceasing prayer”
I previously posted an extract from Alasdair McIntyre’s After Virtue on “hesuchia” – the rest that follows striving. I came across this from Henri Nouwen’s The Way of the Heart…
Did Captain Molesworth lose his bet?
From Andrew Ward’s Golf’s Strangest Rounds: “At 5.20a.m. on a September morning Captain Molesworth set out for a busy day at the Royal North Devon Golf Course. To win his…
Séamus Sweeney 