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Just like that, Éamon has finished his two years in his Achill naíonra (playschool for Gaeltacht areas). Work meant I had to miss his last day, but thankfully we were well represented, with my parents coming down to accompany Aisling, Frankie and ...

14 Jul 2023 at 14:00

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DAD DIARY: Island intrigue

I was talking to a fellow ‘blow-in’ to Dooega in Achill this week, and he pointed to the majestic view across to Clare Island. “Would you ever get fed up of it?” he asked, rhetorically. I grew up with one very clear image of Clare Island – the ...

27 Jul 2023 at 11:30

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DAD DIARY: Flags firmly on the map

Frankie and Éamon were running through the grounds of Knock Shrine when Éamon saw the Papal flag and excitedly exclaimed, “Look Frankie, it’s the Vatican flag!” Frankie replied, “Oh my gosh, you’re right Éamon!” It was a Sunday afternoon, the ...

25 Aug 2023 at 12:00

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DAD DIARY: That sense of dread

The sense of dread you can feel when you’re a parent is like nothing you’ve ever experienced before. Parents of older children will tell you it never leaves you. I hit a new level of dread last week, and I am still not right after it. I was ...

22 Sept 2023 at 10:00

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Tempting a tumble

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal Séimí is at that lovely stage where he has mastered the ability and willingness to climb but retains absolutely no sense of danger – or sense of any kind, for that matter. And for those wondering, yes, the use ...

06 Apr 2023 at 08:10

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Our headbanger

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal There is no sense of dread quite like it. Those horrible few moments after something happens your child and you are trying to establish how bad the damage is. It may be a fall, which does not bring any fatal ...

08 Sept 2022 at 10:49

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The big adventure

PLAY TIME Éamon in the playroom in the MUH Pediatric Unit during his recent stay. Coincidentally, much of the funding for the playroom service was provided by Achill-based charity Gearóid’s Smile, for which Éamon and his siblings have ...

08 Mar 2023 at 14:18

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Christmas veterans and newbies

MAGICAL MOMENTS Éamon, Frankie and Séimí with Santa and one of his elves in Santa’s grotto. The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal Every morning this month, before he has even left his bedroom, Éamon tells me what date it is in December and how ...

15 Dec 2022 at 12:54

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Getting used to the journey

WELL TRAVELLED The cliff road to Achill Island. The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal When I was younger growing up in Breaffy and playing football, I used to always wonder how people from places like Belmullet and Achill managed the amount ...

06 Oct 2022 at 12:53

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Halloween horrors

The McGreals enjoy their first ‘normal’ Halloween since the Covid outbreak, though a severed arm threatens to upset proceedings The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal Halloween is a big time of year in our house. The kids adore it and ...

03 Nov 2022 at 12:43

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Watching and waiting

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal We promised Éamon he could have a bouncy castle for his birthday party. I’ll be filing that one under Mistakes. Why? Because, dear readers, promising a soon-to-be-four-year-old boy he can have a ...

22 Sept 2022 at 12:33

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Nappy endings

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal By the time Séimí gets out of nappies, I estimate that we will have gone through over 10,000 of them between the three kids. It might be a conservative estimate. The general estimate for ...

09 Feb 2023 at 12:54

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