Main Archives November 2014 • 09/11 - The Unknown Object....... • 07/11 - The artists return, and so do I....... September 2014 • 05/09 - It's Autumn at Ballyduff....... May 2013 • 06/05 - It's spring at Ballyduff - 2013.............. April 2013 • 30/04 - Terre Blanche • 30/04 - 30 April 1993 • 25/04 - Granola........ • 22/04 - Standoff.............. • 21/04 - Bonsais................ • 17/04 - Great activity........... • 16/04 - 15 April 2013 January 2013 • 06/01 - I must stop this, but.................. • 05/01 - A recorded memory............ December 2012 • 31/12 - The Three Friars............ • 29/12 - My brother, Charles. 7 March 1938 - 16 December 2012 • 28/12 - Lime and lime kilns.............. • 01/12 - Clare sunset.......... • 01/12 - An evening walk to Coolroemore............ • 01/12 - As I mentioned.................. November 2012 • 11/11 - More autumn colours......... • 05/11 - Autumn leaves..... • 04/11 - Making shapes...... • 03/11 - A date in Kilkenny...... October 2012 • 29/10 - Scruffy, cold hens and other fowl............ • 28/10 - More Kitchen.......... • 28/10 - Early morning....... • 18/10 - Spiders' creations? • 03/10 - An insistent visitor......... • 03/10 - Some progress............ • 01/10 - Inishbofin............. August 2012 • 05/08 - Torment and torment relieved............... April 2012 • 22/04 - Early mrning................... • 04/04 - The Doyle's visit.............. • 04/04 - Ting Ting 2................ • 04/04 - Rural Ireland - The Inside Story March 2012 • 28/03 - After the event........... • 20/03 - It's Kitchen time........... • 14/03 - Newspapers..................... • 13/03 - I don't know how......but......... • 12/03 - Rates Demand - Kilkenny County Council - 2012 • 11/03 - Back in the Blackstairs - again............... December 2011 • 30/12 - Ting Ting....... • 30/12 - Christmas 2011..... • 30/12 - I know I've been misssing...again...but..... • 10/12 - I was shopping in Lidel.... November 2011 • 19/11 - Gadgets.......... • 19/11 - Adjunct................. • 02/11 - Well, well well 2........... • 01/11 - The next outing.............. September 2011 • 26/09 - A glass vessel.......... • 13/09 - Crab apples and.............. • 04/09 - The Black & Amber - Cat....... • 04/09 - The Observer 13 May 1945.............. August 2011 • 21/08 - Prudence the hawk............ • 21/08 - Out from under my stone........ • 09/08 - The brochure....... • 09/08 - Influence or Plagiarism?........... • 07/08 - It's Up and Running.............. July 2011 • 30/07 - Preparations are well under way............... • 26/07 - Words....... • 25/07 - Exhibition......an Invite to all..... • 21/07 - Medieval Kilkenny..... • 18/07 - A Midsummer Night's Dream................ • 16/07 - Our week on Beara - July 2011............. • 02/07 - Off to Beara.............. • 01/07 - Recent work............... June 2011 • 30/06 - After a hard day....... • 23/06 - Blackstairs 3 or is it 4?............ • 21/06 - Irish Furniture.......................... • 12/06 - Fact is stranger than fiction............. • 12/06 - The survival of the fittest............. • 11/06 - What is done is done..... • 08/06 - Tonight's the night........... • 07/06 - Spring at Ballyduff - 2011 • 06/06 - I forgot to mention......... • 05/06 - Coolmore and the Umbrella Tree............. • 02/06 - May, a month of visits............. May 2011 • 31/05 - Broody Irma............... • 16/05 - Lemon Tree.... • 13/05 - We the Citizens............ • 13/05 - Exhibition.............. • 01/05 - Mindfield in Merrion Square............ • 01/05 - You don't know until it happens........... April 2011 • 25/04 - One more time.......... • 25/04 - A small voice said......... • 03/04 - A 'vide grenier' find............. March 2011 • 31/03 - Olargues and The meaning of the world according to Susan................ • 31/03 - .......And the cat of Marseillan................ • 30/03 - The saga of the Thezan cat.......... • 29/03 - The church tower of Thezan.............. • 20/03 - Another week in Thezan............... • 12/03 - Alcove cabinets in beech.............. • 02/03 - Election - 4...................... • 02/03 - The first day of spring......... • 01/03 - Libya 2.............. • 01/03 - Carol Hawkins.............. February 2011 • 28/02 - Election 2011 - 3 • 27/02 - Election 2011 - 2 • 26/02 - A visit to the dentist................ • 23/02 - Libya...................... • 13/02 - Back in the Blackstairs............... • 11/02 - Election 2011........... • 11/02 - The brilliance of Helen.............. • 11/02 - The line was down................. • 01/02 - Marmalade................ January 2011 • 24/01 - The Christmas Book.............. • 21/01 - 20.01.11 - A day to remember?.................. • 14/01 - Bench stops................ • 14/01 - Extraordinary eggs............ • 14/01 - Dead elm and living Beech trees................ • 12/01 - Jude the carpenter............ • 09/01 - Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear.......... December 2010 • 03/12 - Pailhes to Pailhes - A good walk........................ • 03/12 - Lemon trees in the cold................ • 01/12 - China Berry Tree................. November 2010 • 29/11 - Thezan - Day three.......... • 28/11 - Well, well, well................. • 02/11 - Calling a pharmacist from France............. October 2010 • 31/10 - Kitchens....................... • 30/10 - In the skip....................... • 30/10 - Halloween............... • 26/10 - First doubts.................... • 26/10 - The Flaggy Shore and more.............. • 23/10 - The Geffrye Museum and the Middling Sort................ • 20/10 - A walk in the Blackstairs................ • 09/10 - St. Canice's partial eclipse................ • 08/10 - Grasshopper....................... • 08/10 - Egg Storage......................... • 05/10 - Shattered.................. • 04/10 - Another wine attack.............. • 02/10 - More Eggs................... September 2010 • 30/09 - The question is................ • 24/09 - A Government for National Recovery?.............. • 23/09 - Clearing the Mill - 1................. • 21/09 - A memory stirred.............. • 20/09 - The Excitement of It!............... • 20/09 - A Day out................. • 08/09 - Homing Hens........... • 08/09 - As promised.............. • 08/09 - What a relief............... • 03/09 - Opinel knives........... August 2010 • 29/08 - Another Fly.................... • 24/08 - An evening walk over the Arrigle............... • 24/08 - Another Furnituer alert.............. • 23/08 - The Fly Attack................ • 17/08 - Information................... • 16/08 - The Spider & the Fly............. • 12/08 - For your information 2............ • 11/08 - Yet more hens................ • 02/08 - Roof Day.................. July 2010 • 31/07 - Freedom.......... • 27/07 - July at Ballyduff............. • 25/07 - For your Information.................. • 15/07 - More fowl talk............... • 14/07 - Canada - Rockies animals 1 - Wapiti................. • 13/07 - Last of the hentalk............ • 12/07 - My girls....................... • 09/07 - Hen update...................... • 09/07 - This caught my eye 2............... • 05/07 - Jack O'Hare - Final comment.......... • 04/07 - Jack O'Hare................. • 01/07 - Hens and henhouses........... • 01/07 - Normal sevices to resume........ June 2010 • 17/06 - Broken promises............. • 08/06 - A 'Sussex chair' in Canada........... • 07/06 - I'm back............. May 2010 • 30/05 - They grow wild in the Rockies................ • 27/05 - A little glass object.............. • 26/05 - Believe it or believe it not............... • 23/05 - The only problem is............. • 16/05 - Bread • 15/05 - The weekend get-together................ • 08/05 - Well if it isn't the ash............ • 06/05 - The Sussex Chair revisited............ • 05/05 - Chairs and Chairmaking............... • 04/05 - Spring at Ballyduff 2............. • 02/05 - The German mousetrap April 2010 • 27/04 - Bat update............... • 26/04 - Maggie, Tom and Mick............. • 25/04 - A busy week.............. • 20/04 - Spring at Ballyduff........... • 17/04 - This one's for you Sinead!............ • 17/04 - Where have they gone?.................. • 15/04 - A small bit of trumpet blowing............ • 13/04 - VICTORIAN FURNITURE • 03/04 - Another memory stirred....... • 02/04 - Stirring memories......... • 01/04 - Did I speak too soon?............. March 2010 • 27/03 - Our weekend in Belfast............. • 26/03 - Attention, Attention............ • 26/03 - What is Design? or The 'Mission Statement' of a Commission Designer and Maker • 18/03 - Off to Belfast.............. • 18/03 - Have I heard good news?......... • 14/03 - It set me thinking.......... • 12/03 - Half way.................... • 07/03 - These caught my eye........... • 04/03 - Frosty fields at Ballyduff........... • 02/03 - Le pont romain et Moulin a bled............. • 01/03 - The quayside at Agde....... February 2010 • 28/02 - Killing time.......... • 25/02 - A stroll in Pezenas.......... • 24/02 - A Vide Grenier in Roujan......... • 23/02 - Apologies, apologies......... • 17/02 - Minister, I am less than happy and I could be getting cross.... • 17/02 - New Yorker........... • 17/02 - Sunday in Languedoc........... • 17/02 - Dispatch from Thezan......... • 07/02 - Old things and New things...... • 04/02 - James O'Keefe 1850-1923............ • 04/02 - Teaching Days One and Two arrive and pass... • 04/02 - A scolding!......... January 2010 • 18/01 - A good weekend............. • 17/01 - Wax enquiries...... • 17/01 - I'm afraid it's me again minister......... • 10/01 - Snow at Ballyduff......... December 2009 • 30/12 - How could I have doubted you, minister? • 26/12 - Cats..... • 26/12 - Cnristmas Cards, Friends and............... • 13/12 - Kilkenny House • 13/12 - One of my favourite finds... November 2009 • 27/11 - Irish Country Furniture 1 • 27/11 - Just to let you know minister... • 25/11 - A happy coincidence.... • 23/11 - My thanks to my mentor and my instructor.... • 21/11 - The timber drying experiment... • 21/11 - The two Merrions • 20/11 - More water... • 20/11 - Our little river in spate • 16/11 - Kilkenny Limestone • 15/11 - Thomastown's Shopfronts • 14/11 - This is Home

From the Workshop Archives March 2011 • 12/03 - Alcove cabinets in beech............. September 2010 • 08/09 - The History of a Furnitue Commission 6 - The Last Post...................... August 2010 • 24/08 - The History of a Furniture Commission 5 (little) Progress report............... • 17/08 - The History of a Furniture Commission 4 - The Visit................ • 12/08 - The History of a Furniture Commission 3..................... July 2010 • 27/07 - The History of a Furniture Commission 2............. • 24/07 - The History of a Furniture Commission - 1 May 2010 • 05/05 - Chairs and Chairmaking.............. March 2010 • 26/03 - What is Design?............... December 2009 • 13/12 - Kilkenny House November 2009 • 16/11 - Kilkenny Limestone • 15/11 - From the Workshop • 15/11 - Thomaston's Shopfronts.............

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