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Visitors all the way from Cork
We recently had the pleasure of hosting a group of visitors from Cork – all members of the Cork Chapter of the Irish Woodturning Guild, who took up woodturning as a hobby following retirement. They were welcomed to Lisnavagh by William Bunbury and the team, and they enjoyed a talk by William on the history…

The Irish Times – Campaign to buy Irish craft launched
DEIRDRE McQUILLAN “IMAGINED, DESIGNED and made in Ireland” is the theme of the Crafts Council of Ireland’s latest campaign launched yesterday by TV presenter Kathryn Thomas to encourage consumers to support home industry this Christmas and buy Irish. The red dress and bolero, for example, worn by Thomas, is by Charlotte and Jane, a new…

House and Home Magazine – Hot 100
Every year, House and Home magazine picks the people, products and services that you need to know about in 2010 – and beyond. In the Spring of 2007, the Lisnavagh Timber Project was at Number 46 in this list. Since then, we started to make Bunbury Boards and these are included in this year’s list…

Irish Times – Morrison Hotel
Russian off after a waxing lyrical at revamped Morrison JAMES GIBBONS and MEADHBH McHUGH THE SOCIAL NETWORK: The billionaire Yelena Baturina and her husband, Yury Luzhkov, flew in and out of Dublin on Wednesday on their private aircraft. Baturina, the new owner of the Morrison Hotel, was here for an official red-ribbon reopening in the…

The Irish Times – Suitable Souvenirs for Christmas
MAGAN’S WORLD: Manchán Magan’s tales of a travel addict Suggesting you do your Christmas shopping amidst the leprechauns, shillelaghs and Diageo-branded paraphernalia that constitute Irish souvenir shops mightn’t sound like sage advice, but some of the most alluring products I’ve seen have been in quick darts around the souvenir shops of Irish provincial towns: Bunbury…

“Turn over a New Leaf” by Stephen Milton
FORESTS ARE amongst the earth’s most complex ecological systems, whose dynamic processes and functions we do not yet fully understand. Each year, millions of acres around the world are destroyed. Ireland is no stranger to this environmental topic of concern. Until medieval times the country was heavily forested with oak, pine, beech and birch. However,…