Sorted through some photos today and uploaded them to our Facebook page. In total uploaded 30 photos.
Created 3 new albums: Guests, Fishing and Scenery & Landscape. Checkout our Facebook page for more. . .
Uploaded 30 photos to our facebook October 27, 2009
Good Pike fishing October 23, 2009
Some excellent pike fishing recently in the Cootehill (Co. Cavan) / Ballybay (Co. Monaghan) areas on the Dromore River system. The Dromore River system, which sretches from Ballybay to Cootehill is well known with anglers throughout Europe and offers some of the best fishing in Ireland
Our regular visitors, Valerie & Francis from France had some excellent catches during their 2 wk stay with us. On average each day they were catching 15-20 pike. Largest Pike caught was 92cm.
For info on fishing in the area visit Mahon Farmhouse Accommodation
Mahon Farmhouse is now playing Farmville on Facebook! October 16, 2009
Mahon Farmhouse has been on the social networking site face book for many months now. We find it’s a great way to stay in contact with the many guests that we have had stay with us that are now our friends also.
Been located on a working farm, when Mahon Farmhouse got wind of the game Farmville that can be played on Facebook, we just had to get involved!
In Farmville you can plow, plant and harvest crops to earn money to further expand and improve your farmstead. You can also harvest trees and collect from animals. All together, its great craic!
If you are on Facebook why not add us as your friend and join in on the fun on Farmville. Also you can keep up to date with all the goings on at Mahon Farmhouse through the many photos that we frequently post there.
www.facebook.com/mahonfarmhouse
Milking the Cows & Feeding the Calves September 29, 2009
There was more fun on the farm this week when some guests from the UK got to experience both milking the cows and feeding the baby calves. Both of these activities are always big attractions with our guests. It’s not on every holiday that you will also get to see a working farm.
In June we had a post about Feeding the calves. Back then the baby calves were inside in pens as they were only a few months old. Now that they are much older they are outside grazing grass and gradually being weaned off milk. In a few more months they will be back inside feeding on silage as there will be no more grass on the land.
The same is true for the cows. As the winter approaches they are producing less and less milk and soon we will be drying them off completely. They too will be spending the winter in the cattle shed feeding on silage as more baby calves grow inside them. Then in the spring the baby calves are born and the cycle begins again!
Visit to Dernakesh Pet Farm August 27, 2009
On Tue 25th last I made a visit to Dernakesh pet farm. The pet farm is set on a four acre site, just a couple of miles from Cootehill, in the parish of Maudabawn, Co. Cavan. The farm is an especially unique experience for every visitor, young or old. Here you can meet and interact with a growing and diverse range of animals, up close and personal with indoor and outdoor viewing facilities.
The complex, one of the largest indoor animal viewing facilities in Ireland, has been transformed into a wildlife haven.
They have a varied and exotic mix of animals to meet on the farm including: Raccoons, Parrots, Sheep, Llamas, Pigs, Camel, Rabbits, Snakes, Ponies, Horses, Cows, Swans, Ducks, Donkeys, Deer, Wallabys and lots more!
Dernakesh Pet Farm which is located only 15mins from Mahon Farmhouse Accommodation is among one on the many things to do in the Cavan/Monaghan area. For a full list of activities and attractions in our area please visit our website, Mahon Famhouse.
County Monaghan August 24, 2009
County Monaghan (Irish: Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in the province of Ulster in the Republic of Ireland. The name originates from the Irish language, derived from Muine Cheain meaning the Land of the little hills.
The county adjoins County Tyrone (Northern Ireland) to the north, County Armagh (NI) to the east, County Louth (Republic of Ireland) to the southeast, County Meath (ROI) to the south, County Cavan (ROI) to the southwest and County Fermanagh (NI) to the west.
Monaghan is the main town in the county. Other major towns are Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, and Clones.
Monaghan is the birthplace of the poet and writer Patrick Kavanagh, who based much of his work in the county. Kavanagh is one of the most significant figures in mid 20th century Irish Poetry. The poems Stony Grey Soil and Shancoduff refer to the county.
Geography
There are several mountains in the county: Mullyash Mountain, Slieve Beagh (on the border with Tyrone and Fermanagh) and Coolberrin Hill (214 m).
There are also many lakes, including Lough Egish, Lough Fea, Muckno Lough, Lough Avaghon, Inner Lough (in Dartrey Forest), Drumlona Lough, White Lough and Emy Lough.
Rivers in the county include the river Fane (in the southeast of the county and along the border with Louth), river Glyde (along the Louth and Meath borders), the river Blackwater (along the border with Tyrone, Northern Ireland) and Dromore river (along the border of Cavan, linking Cootehill to Ballybay).
Monaghan also has a number of forests, including Rossmore Forest, Dartrey Forest and Dún na Rí Forest Park. Managed by Coillte since 1988, the majority of trees are conifers. Due to a long history of intensive farming practices and recent intensive forestry practices only small pockets of native woodland remain.
Towns and villages
Ballinode, Ballybay
Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Clones
Emyvale
Inniskeen
Glaslough
Killanny, Knockatallon
Magheracloone, Monaghan
Newbliss
Rockcorry
Scotshouse, Scotstown, Smithborough (or Smithboro)
Tydavnet, Tyholland
Doohamlet
Traditional Scottish dress August 4, 2009
Pictured here in traditional Scottish dress is George Cochrane from Glasgow in Scotland. Along with George are his wife and nice.
The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century. Since the 19th century it has been associated with the wider culture of Scotland in general, or with Celtic (and more specifically Gaelic) heritage elsewhere. It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern.
Though the Scottish kilt is most often worn mainly on formal occasions or at Highland Games and sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of fashionable informal, and formal, male clothing in recent years.
Feeding the calves at Mahon Farmhouse June 16, 2009
Julie McCabe from Long Island, New York, helps out with feeding the young calves. It was Julies first time doing some real farming and she said it was a “real fun experience”.
Julie, who is staying at Mahon Farmhouse with her parents Michael & Lucy McCabe, is 2nd generation American. Her grandfather was a native of the local area and emigrated to the US in the 1950’s. The McCabe family are here for a family reunion.
Relaxing at Pond View June 15, 2009
Pictured here relaxing and doing some coarse fishing, is Ralph Barnett from Warrington, England. Ralph and his partner Joyce are currently staying with us at Pond View Cottage. Pond View Cottage which is set on 12 acres of private land, has its own pond stocked with coarse fish.
Ralph has been coming to stay at Mahon Farmhouse Accommodation for 8yrs now. He has been long retired and worked all his life on a farm just outside Warrington. Coming from a farming background Ralph feels right at home at Mahon Farmhouse. He says “its the peace and quiet of the local country side that draws him back year after year”.
New Kittens on the farm! June 2, 2009
We had a few new arrivals on the farm last week, two cute little kittens! All are doing very well. I’m sure they’ll be running around the yard very soon 
