It's only fair to share…Google+LinkedinPinterestRedditStumbleUponTumblrTwitterPrintFacebookemailRead on for your Online Christmas Story from Ballyyahoo. CHAPTER ONE – THE HOOLEY Kevin and Gerry couldn’t wait for Christmas. They were bored as usual. They were stuck indoors because it was cold, wet, and windy in the tiny Irish town of Ballyyahoo. They weren’t just bored. They were disappointed. […]
The Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris
It's only fair to share…Google+LinkedinPinterestRedditStumbleUponTumblrTwitterPrintFacebookemailAs you can guess I love nature. I built this Ballyyahoo website to encourage children to get out and about and explore the great outdoors. I live in Galway, near the beautiful Burren and I go walking every day. I bring my camera along to capture what I see so I […]
Funny Stories for Kids – A Witchy Walk in Ballyyahoo
It's only fair to share…Google+LinkedinPinterestRedditStumbleUponTumblrTwitterPrintFacebookemailBiddy, The Witch of Ballyyahoo, loves to go walking. She always starts off with a walk down the lane you see on the right. She loves following the little trails and paths through the woodlands of Ballyyahoo. She says you never know where they might lead. But that’s not the only […]
Kitten Stories – Maggie Many Cats and the Ballyyahoo Kittens
It's only fair to share…Google+LinkedinPinterestRedditStumbleUponTumblrTwitterPrintFacebookemailKitten Stories – Episode 3 of this funny children’s story series. The stories include links to other fun stories and photographs about the characters and nature of Ballyyahoo If this is your very first visit to Ballyyahoo you might want to start at the beginning: Click here to read the 1st […]
Cat Care – Maggie Many Cats and the lost Kittens of Ballyyahoo – Episode 2
It's only fair to share…Google+LinkedinPinterestRedditStumbleUponTumblrTwitterPrintFacebookemailCat care – this is Episode 2 Click here to read the 1st episode of this story: Baby Kittens arrive in Ballyyahoo. Cat care is very important and Maggie Many cats really cares about her cats. One day, Maggie found some abandoned kittens in the Witchy Woods. She took them home, […]
Baby Kittens Arrive in Ballyyahoo – Episode 1
It's only fair to share…Google+LinkedinPinterestRedditStumbleUponTumblrTwitterPrintFacebookemail A SERIES OF STORIES ABOUT BABY KITTENS Episode One Baby kittens are cute – everybody knows that. But sadly, not everybody cares for them. Ballyyahoo’s Maggie Many Cats is a woman who does. A few weeks ago, when she was out looking for hazelnuts and blackberries in the Witchy Woods […]
Ducks of Ballyyahoo
It's only fair to share…Google+LinkedinPinterestRedditStumbleUponTumblrTwitterPrintFacebookemailDucks are happy in Ballyyahoo and none are happier than the ducks that live in the garden of Cori-the hen woman. Cori feeds her ducks on barley, oats and other grains. She also has a small pond as ducks need plenty of water to swim and preen. These ducks are free […]
Christmas Stories Online
It's only fair to share…Google+LinkedinPinterestRedditStumbleUponTumblrTwitterPrintFacebookemailDisaster strikes Ballyyahoo when Santa and Rudolph turn up on Christmas Eve, and instead of leaving gifts, they steal all the presents away. It turns out Santa and Rudolph aren’t all they seem. They’re a pair of wicked villains in disguise and determined to destroy Christmas in Ballyyahoo. Kevin and Gerry […]
Other Species of Irish Deer
It's only fair to share…Google+LinkedinPinterestRedditStumbleUponTumblrTwitterPrintFacebookemailTHE SIKA DEER Most of the deer in the rest of Ireland are of the Sika breed and they represent about 50% of all Irish deer. There are some species of Irish deer in Ballyyahoo but all of them are the fallow deer and you can read about them here. The […]
A Baby Chicken Is Born In Ballyyahoo
It's only fair to share…Google+LinkedinPinterestRedditStumbleUponTumblrTwitterPrintFacebookemailBaby chickens don’t arrive every day in Ballyyahoo but when they do it’s a lovely surprise. For Cori-the-hen woman there was more than a surprise when Tweetie was born. It happened in early November, which in Ballyyahoo, is a time when night comes early and stays into the morning. This a […]