Apr 06
Lads, we’ve only been and gone international and multiplatform! Artist Visit Last week, Lisacul played host to Brian John Spencer, an artist from Belfast who is travelling around Ireland in 32 days, spending a night and a day in each county and taking impressions about politics, post-Brexit and post-colonial, drawing people and landscapes and talking …
Feb 03
We’re half way between the Winter Solstice (21 December) and the Spring Equinox (20 March), but there are already plentiful signs of spring around. Our 365 photographers captured some of the best of Lisacul’s ‘nearly Spring’ biodiversity. Enjoy looking at them here, then get out for a walk over the weekend to see them up …
Feb 01
So we’ve come to the end of our 365 photo taking, but there is still time to submit photos taken in, of or from Lisacul between 1st February 2016 and 31st January 2017. You can drop them into the centre and we’ll take them from a USB stick or a CD-ROM or you can email …
Jan 18
We had a wedding just before Christmas. The groom and his men were handsome, the bride and her attendants were stunning and everyone looked fabulous.
Jan 13
It wasn’t a white Christmas but it was a lovely one, with a path beaten from Knock and Dublin airports, Dublin and Rosslare ports and all points in Ireland with people coming home or to visit for the season. We went to mass to see the crib (and meet with friends)… We decorated… Oh heavens, …
Jan 12
As we said, you can send us your pictures for the past year anytime. Here is a wonderful collection that arrived last year just as the website went haywire. Taken in March, May, July and August of 2016, they remind us of how lovely spring and summer are here in Lisacul.
Dec 09
On cold and frosty days, what better thing to do than sleighing? We had different weather every (hour of every) day of this week – from thick fog in the mornings and afternoons, to glorious – if cold – winter sunshine And at the end of the week, we had the auction. And we celebrated …
Dec 02
What it says in the title. We’ve been out collecting donations and lots for the auctions today, the teams have been getting the rooms ready, hunting out the decorations and wishing there were slightly more hours available between now and Sunday. We’ll be opening the hall to accept auction lots from 3pm to 5pm on Saturday, …
Dec 02
Hard frosts, mists and the occasional burst of sunshine and blue skies are giving our photographers lots of inspiration, even if the weather is not great for drying. We’ve had visitors to the parish too, and a new calf. And the whooper swans have come back.
Nov 18
We may not have the answer to life, the universe and everything, but we have some great photos this week. Pets and other animals Christmas preparations That election Lisacul children Weather and the environment