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How to achieve glowing bridal skin

Sherna Malone February, 2019

When it comes to glowing bridal skin, it’s easy to pile on all the luminising, dewy makeup products in the world but if you’re not looking after your skin in the first place, you’ll find it hard to achieve that natural radiance which makes you look healthy and flawless. Achieving […]

Wedding guest etiquette

Louise O'Dwyer February, 2019

While a certain amount of tradition will almost always be adhered to, I think it is a wonderful thing that many brides and grooms are ‘suiting themselves’ now and choosing venues and wedding styles accordingly. The days of ‘having to do’ because ‘everyone else does’ is a mere memory and […]

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To the tune of love

Mary O'Brien February, 2019

In the words of the great William Shakespeare ‘If music be the food of love, play on.’ Barry and Mary Kingston have been dancing to the same tune since they caught each other’s eye across a crowded pub on May 1, 1988. Barry was playing a gig with some friends […]

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Love, life and a red door welcome in the village

Mary O'Brien February, 2019

Originally built in 1820 by the Earl of Shannon to accommodate retired sea captains, Travara, a Georgian-style house in Courtmacsherry has been run as a luxury guesthouse since the early 2000s by owners Brendan Murphy and Richard May. Also partners in life, Brendan and Richard have been together for almost […]

The love story behind the seaweed

WCP Staff February, 2019

Seven years ago Claire O’Sullivan and Eli Tanner caught each other’s eye on a ferry trip to Whiddy Island. “It was my first trip to Whiddy,” explains Claire. “I was going to a Famine commemmoration mass with my Auntie Mary and Eli was driving the ferry. “Claire was the only […]

Baked beans – aka rocket fuel

Karen Austin February, 2019

I grew up eating baked beans – the canned variety – on toast. It was one of the early convenience foods and quick to put on the table for tea. Everyone ate beans, as they were an affordable and fast way to fill us up. We used to charge around […]

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