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Reasons to love Longford life
Why life is pretty great when you’re living in Longford Having lived away for quite some time, and settled in Longford these past eight months (time flies!) I wanted to voice why I love Longford life. Between Dublin for college, Cork for work, Galway for college and flying to Germany for work and an adventure, most of my adult life has been…
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The Longford Jam for Oxfam
The Longford Jam for Oxfam The Longford Jam is a unique night of fundraising though music. Taking place in “The Little Blue Room” in John Browne’s Longford on July 2nd, it promises to make a song and dance about poverty. The line-up includes Midnight Roots, Tómas Skelly, The Driftwood Manor, Sean Rooney and Brave Giant. A few months back, I was…
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Report: Longford Sleep out for Simon raises over €30,000
Longford people sleep outside for Midlands Simon Community fundraiser On Good Friday night my good friends Sharon Devlin, Aisling Reilly and I joined others in the Longford Sleep Out for Simon in Longford’s Army Barracks. At first we made this great fort to sleep in, but unfortunately the rain fell so hard we were forced in doors with all of…
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Interview with Wallis Bird at Helium Festival 2013
I was working with a local news and entertainment website called Longford Local and through this I got to interview the fantastic musician, Wallis Bird. I reviewed the gig itself and you can catch the video interview by following this link Wallis Bird Interview. It looks great. Wallis Bird Live at Helium 2013 For that hour on stage Wallis and…
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Flying High on Helium
Helium music festival Longford Helium Music Festival Longford: When we think of music festivals we think of beer and muck, and more beer and more muck, some music but mostly beer. A lot of music festivals in fact have become over crowded with commercialism and just another way for the big guys to make a quick buck off senseless punters,…
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Track Dogs – a five star gig in Longford
Track Dogs live in Longford Kathleen Mahon reviews Track Dogs, live in the Tally Ho Bar, Longford My friend Kelly and I have arrived in the Tally-Ho far too early by the looks of things, it’s 9.30pm and there’s maybe 20-25 people sitting and chatting in this small but intimate pub. They are all regulars as everyone seems to know…
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