Tag Archives: Mullingar

I am a lineman for the county…

By Ronan | Published: August 26, 2011

One of the best things about the short-lived Mid­lands Music Fes­ti­val, which was staged at Ballinlough Cas­tle in 2006 and at the festival-perfect Belvedere House site in 2007, was the appear­ances of vet­eran coun­try star Glen Camp­bell. In the build up to the first Mid­lands he was being billed as a sort of cabaret act, […]

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Medium-Sized Lean To, Fairly Old Body

By Ronan | Published: March 1, 2011

A 12 hour Honda 50 cycle got me from Mullingar to Gal­way for ‘Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story, on Break­fast with Hec­tor from the RTE 2FM stu­dios in Gal­way city on March 1st. I’m in train­ing for the big sum­mer meets on the trusty steed, and one day it will go faster than 10 kms […]

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Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story — December 6th, 2010

By Ronan | Published: December 7, 2010

Another selec­tion of choice Medium-Sized cuts

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John Mac’s — Saturday Jan 9th

By Ronan | Published: January 8, 2010

With all the Christ­mas money gone, and the pubs brac­ing them­selves for a chill, they need some­thing to get a few pun­ters in. Not sure if I’m it, but how-and-ever I’m delighted to anounce that due to (allegedly gen­uine) pub­lic demand, I’m back behind the wheels of steel at the mar­vel­lous John Mac’s Café Bar in […]

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All for a good clause…

By Ronan | Published: December 7, 2009

Hav­ing wres­tled with dozens of ridicu­lous hat-related puns a sub edi­tor in The Sun would be proud of, my piece on the santa hat world record attempt in Mullingar on Sun­day was given the ‘All for a good clause’ treat­ment by the Indo. I was fond of ‘Hat’s magic’ and ‘hat’s the way to do […]

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