Ah well I am home. Since there will be no pictures for obvious, toilet like reasons, I guess you will have to form your own pictures based on my words! What a course of events that led to my return. I spent the last 2 days in Dublin... I was determined to experience the good parts of this city because every time I'm there, I just can't tolerate it. It's like NYC except it doesn't have the same artsy, creative feel. The people are VERY cranky and the pace is extremely fast. I guess NY is fast too, but not in [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone! What a brilliant last day yesterday was. Seriously... Couldn't have been better... er... um, except missed ya Elaine! So, we just tooled around Tullamore throughout the day... running into people, saying bye and see ya next summer, etc. etc. etc... Last night we happened upon an AMAZING session. Tommy, Gearoid, Luke and many others including Dave Sheridan... uh... honestly... best tunes I have heard since Drumbshambo! Well, I was havin' a little rest, as you can see, and needed a trip to the toilet as well. Went in, but, because I had my toothpaste explode in my bag, I [View Full Entry]

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Hey all! Just thought I might give you a little peak at the Fleadh. It's absolutely amazing... the music, the crowds... sensational. We are camped at the GAA pitch with rest of the campers in a quiet quiet site! It's wonderful. Everyone is here. It's great to see everyone before I leave. And... CONGRATS to Cormac, Gearoid & Sean! A well deserved win! All Ireland Trio Competition. Honestly... they played as ONE... they sounded like one instrument. SENSATIONAL! They beat out 14 other groups... so so so so happy for them! I head to Dublin tomorrow and will fly out Wednesday [View Full Entry]

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... (continued from last blog) I pictched for a week on that beautiful Island. I tell ya... it is my favorite place in the world. Absolutely amazing. Danny came out for a couple days, but for the most part, I was in complete solitude... myself, Tigin & my awesome neighbors... Two girls from Holland and then Kitty & Richard from England. It was such a good vibe. I saw old faces from the first week out there and got to know them a bit better. Ah! I love that place! In any case... we finally had a wonderful summer day and [View Full Entry]

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Hey all! So, after Feakle I needed a bit of rest time. I haven't really been drinkin' for the past month or so so that's good, but still... just exhausting! I went to Deniese's for some time in Galway and then moved over to Celine's and Elaines for the remaineder of the week. It was awesome cuz Elaine came down from Westport for three nights and we had a blast. The last night (Friday) we went over to Ciarian's, Jame's and Noriana's for some wondeful tunes and fun! It was an absolutely blast. I wasn't feeling well... mind, body, you name [View Full Entry]

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First... thanks SO MUCH to Ali for recovering my entries. The captions under the pictures might be missing, but they are there and the writing is there! I am thrilled and have learned my little backup lesson! Thanks again, Ali... -------------- Well the past couple weeks have been amazing. After being in Wicklow, I caught a bus from Dublin out to Westport (note… while I’m telling this, if you want to consult a map, you will see the craziness of it all!)… Arrived there on Friday night to visit with Elaine. We had a wonderful time and even worked on a [View Full Entry]

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Well it has been quite the two weeks! Sorry about the lack of contact, but I've been email free for the entire 2 weeks. How liberating! After Willy clancy I headed back to Doolin to rest. Unfortunately I got sick there and the two days there, although I surely never missed a night of music, were more trying to get myself out to Galway to get some medicine... ugh... finally made it there on tuesday where I met a new friend from Milltown, Danny (Scotland)... we were able to Catch Ciarian (you may remember balloon demon from last summer?)... his gig [View Full Entry]

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... continued... (ok, the Doolin stuff was JUST before Drumshambo so things are a bit out of order here, but oh well!) When all was winding down... I had a couple choices of where to go, but since Grainne was headed to Dublin and I have been trying for 2 years to get to the Wicklow mountains (just south of Dub)... I took her up on her lift offer and we headed there. Fun trip in. Susan, Danny and Dan came over for dinner and tunes and it was just a blast. The next day Danny and I went to the [View Full Entry]

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Hey all... there are some lost entries... many recent ones... i am NOT happy, but there was a server crash and that shit just happens with computers, ya know? So, click on the lost entries if you are looking for something, but otherwise, i'm going to have to tackle this when I get home... Ali... i know you are working on this... thanks. smiles, jess [View Full Entry]

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Well Well Well... could I even begin to explain? Probably not, but I'll give it a shot! First... these are all the picture. I WILL be getting some awesome little video clips up, but I need to get to a different computer. So, they will be coming... In the mean time... enjoy the pictures! We had a blast in westport last Friday night... Nick played in Matt Malloy's with Conner (Monto) and Fabien. It was wonderful and a late, but quiet night! Nick and I hitched out of Milltown with a funny guy named John... nice experience! We made it [View Full Entry]

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