"The Fields of Athenry" is a song written in 1979 by Pete St. John in the style of an Irish folk ballad.

Set during the Potato Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, the lyrics feature a fictional man called Michael, his wife Mary and their baby from near Athenry in County Galway, where the potato fields lay empty ... the Fields of Athenry.

Yesterday 29^th June 2020 marked the 9^th anniversary of the bakery fire. A day that changed our lives completely. Personally, emotionally, the direction of the business, and how we approach life.

We did not post this yesterday, as it is not a date that we commemorate with many of the memories still so very raw, even after so many years. 

But the day after, when the clean-up started, when we gathered ourselves and endeavoured to resume our lives – that is what is worth remembering, celebrating, and holding on to. 

And so in light of the 29^th June 2020 being the day when many businesses, big and small around the country regrouped and resumed, with hope, worry and trepidation in equal measure; it seemed like a good time to share a little more of our story.