I passed through the market on Patrick St. this weekend and saw a stall advertising fudge.
It’s Man of Aran Fudge. They’re located in County Meath, and the fudge is lovely stuff. We got a box with 4 mixed flavours – tasty stuff!
Posts Tagged ‘irish’
man of aran fudge
Monday, June 20th, 2011why don’t we take more holidays in Ireland?
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009I went on a road trip to Cahersiveen today – the weather was fantastic.
I saw Valentia Lighthouse:
The Blasket Islands:
The Skelligs:
I also had two smashing meals (lovely fish and chips in QC’s in Cahersiveen) and went to a chocolate factory. Forget Ryanair, holiday in Ireland! Support your economy, it needs it.
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It makes me wonder if we will start taking more holidays in Ireland with the way things are going.
irish ferries booze cruise back on
Friday, May 22nd, 2009We’re back in business!
I spoke previously about a failed attempt to go on an Irish Ferries booze cruise (or mini cruise for the more phrase conscious).
We had some issues with customer service and I’m happy to report that they have now contacted us and we’ve worked out a totally satisfactory arrangement.
As a result, we’re going on a new cruise to Roscoff in September and I can’t wait.
This is what I’m talking about!
brian AT brianclayton.ie
irish ferries booze cruise disaster
Saturday, May 16th, 2009I was supposed to be going on a booze cruise, or a mini cruise for the more genteel of phrase, to France this weekend. We arrived in the ferry port in Rosslare and checked in at 16:00 to be told the ship was delayed, and would not not arrive until 18:00 with a new departure time of 21:00.
We sat in our car in the car park waiting for the ferry to arrive.
Once it did arrive, we started waiting for the new boarding time. The bar/cafe in the port building was closed, leaving only a small shop downstairs to cater for everyone.
No announcements were made until 21:00, when a single tannoy call was made, to say the sailing to Roscoff was cancelled, and the ship was diverting to Cherbourg.
We went into the information desk to be told that this was the case, we would have about 1 or 2 hours ashore in Cherbourg and we would receive a free minicruise later in the season.
There was no point in us spending the weekend on a boat with a faulty door so we decided to cancel. We were told we would have to contact customer services Monday for a refund. As we checked out of the car park, we were told the boat was now going to Roscoff. Then we were told it was “half thinking of going to Roscoff”. We declined the further offer to board the boat to, well, wherever it was going.
This was without a doubt, some of the worst customer service I have ever experienced.
brian AT brianclayton.ie