Reek Sunday – 26 July 2009
Image via Wikipedia As readers may be aware this blog takes its name from ‘the reek’ – the mountain, Croagh Patrick, located at Murrisk, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Each year we have ‘reek Sunday’ – when thousands of people descend on Westport – to climb Croagh Patrick. 26 July this year was particularly challenging – in [...]
Thoughtful piece on social networking and facebook
Interesting piece from Fiona McCann in today’s Irish Times, ”on facebook“. Would agree fully that Facebook has changed (and devalued) meaning of friends. Much of what Fiona says rings true with me – as someone who spends a fair amount of time blogging, twittering and updating facebook. Her comments would also be well received by [...]
