The parade is underway down in Keel. Nice weather at Pollagh Church but some rain is on the way. Let’s hope the conditions improve for the rest of une parade.
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Annual band dance on tonight
Events, NewsThe Annual Band Dance is on tonight. All the information is contained on the poster below. I’m not going to be there but if any photos come my way, I’ll post them in the site.
Have a great time if you go there!
Photos from the 2013 St. Patrick’s Day parade are now online.
News, Photos, WebsiteThe photos from 2013 are now available on this page. Thankfully, got them finished off over the weekend. That’s it done for another year. Enjoy!
Kathleen McCready…..home in Dooagh after spending 56 years in the U.S.
News, PhotosThanks to my Aunt Teresa in Cleveland for sending this photo onto me of Kathleen enjoying the craic in Gielty’s. Welcome home Kathleen!
Challenging conditions at Dookinella Church
News, PhotosI’m going to create a 2013 page with photos over the next day or two. In the meantime, here’s a snap taken during the blustery wind and rain at Dookinella Church yesterday afternoon.
Leaving Pollagh Church
News, PhotosThe band has just left Pollagh Church. Thankfully, the sun has come out and the earlier showers have gone for the time being. Let’s hope the conditions don’t worsen the rest of the day.
The parade has started
News, PhotosGood morning from Achill! It’s a very blustery day and the parade will be bracing for the band and their followers.
The band started at 8:40 by playing at Mollie’s.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
NewsIt’s after midnight in Achill. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Go to bed and wait for the big drum to wake the band for the parade tomorrow.
All photos now uploaded and available
News, Photos, WebsiteFinally, all of the photo galleries are now available on the new site. There is still some work to be done adding text to various galleries and tagging photos correctly. However, the main body of work is now complete.
I hope that the layout and usability of the site is an improvement. You can always go and look at the old site but no new photos or features will be added there.
In the course of porting over the information from the old site, I noticed that the guestbook has been deleted. That is a real pity as many great messages were left on there over the years. This is always a problem storing data with external sites where data can be deleted. The commenting available at the bottom of each page is now stored with the rest of the website. So if you left a message in the old system, please do so again. It would be great to see it.
Is there anything missing from the new site? Any features you would added? Just comment. 🙂
Some photo galleries added
News, Photos, WebsiteI have added photo galleries from the parades from 2007 to 2012. Click on the photos option beside the home button above to find the gallery years listed. There is now the possibility to show the photos as a slideshow using the PicLens option. This is not available for all browsers and devices.
Feel free to share the galleries on social networks at the bottom of the page or to comment on any aspect of a particular year. I’m working on getting commenting working for individual photos.
Enjoy!
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