Theres a lot of things we have wanted to do with our coffee since we opened. Introducing filter is one of them (which will happen soon….). Developing our own blend was another, which after about 12 trial bags and a lot of dialing in on the grinder from Ger (our resident coffee genius), we introduced […]
Cutting up a pig on a Sunday morning is always great fun (saying it like we do it all the time….ha!) We finally managed to find a day to get Ted, Ivan and Fingal up from Cork to show us how to be as clever as possible with all the trimmings off a lovely free […]
Ali Kirby has been holding stage in the fumbally for the last few months. The ‘Him’ of ‘Him & Her’ from the Undertow exhibition in Ormston Gallery 2011. http://alikirby.blogspot.ie/
This Is How We Fly are an incredible collective of musicians. For those who are unfamiliar with them, expect beautiful arrangements for fiddle, clarinet, synths, percussion and toes. Ten toes and a pair of tap shoes are part and parcel of the band’s percussion!! As with the End Is Nigh gig back in December, […]
Turkish cuisine is a wonderful thing. But like so many aspects of eating, it can be distinctly circumstantial. While traveling in Turkey food highlights included; picking a pomegranate straight from the tree for breakfast in a forgotten valley on the southern coast, drinking a warm sour yoghurt drink and actually thinking it was good and […]
Happy Easter!!
Remember this time last year when we had that mini heat wave in march and everyone went out and started planting and shaping up the garden. And then it snowed a week later! Well its that time again, only this year theres no doubt that a little caution will be taken in the form of […]
Young Hearts Run Free have been putting on inspiring music and literary events for the past 4 years – always in aid of the simon community and always in not so obvious spaces. Great to have them in the fumbally on this coming Easter Sunday. Music from the wonderful Alasdair Roberts, Peadair O’Riada and Mossy […]
What do you do when you live on a farm in west cork, your mum and dad make cheese, your brother makes sausages and you tend one of the most stunning organic gardens in the south west? You make an electronic masterpiece of a music album. Obviously. Broad Bean Band – the next step in […]
Neil Watkins is an Internationally acclaimed Poet and Playwright. He is. He is also likely to be serving you falafel and eggs on any given Saturday in the Fumbally, which is amazing really. Just like so many of our staff who all have these incredible talents that we are so privileged to see every now […]