Blogs from Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, Ireland, Europe

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Europe » Ireland » County Leitrim » Carrick-on-Shannon August 16th 2008

Hello avid blogsters, Well, I am safely back in my dear ole muggy North Carolina. I hope you have all enjoyed keeping up with my traveling adventures. The tail end of the trip was a series of buses, hitched lifts, characters, and tea. Let me fill you in on some last tidbits, stories, and maybe pseudo deep thoughts with Jack ANDY (saturday night live anyone?). Since I did get to do a lot of reflection on this trip (happens when you are alone on a bus), I feel myself inevitably going into some final reflection here. But first the stories: So I finally made a trip up to Northern Ireland where there was this legend of a fiddler that I had secured an interview with for my project. The rain was brutal and only made things ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Leitrim » Carrick-on-Shannon August 5th 2008

Hello avid blog enthusiasts If you are reading this installment I am impressed, because that means that you have not gotten bored yet with my tales. I want you all to be here and experience it for yourself but since all 110 of us can't be here together, then the best I can do is try and capture one american kid's experience of it so that you may get an inkling to hop on the next aer lingus flight and see this place for youselves. It really is a fantastic country in many ways. Last night I was up until 2 in the morning playing tunes, trading stories, swapping jokes and enjoying a bit of "craic" (yea it means "fun," it's an Irish word that gets a lot of good use confusing tourists about people's relationships ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Leitrim » Carrick-on-Shannon July 15th 2008

Greetings all and failte (Welcome)! You are reading the first installment of my adventures....Version Ireland 3.0. More than anything I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm safe and sound in Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim. I got in sunday unprecedentedly on-time at Shannon airport. After my friend picked me up, we sped off to see the aftermath of Willie Week....for those of yous unfamiliar: Willie Clancy was a piping phenom and every year the pipers, musicians, and hawkers come in droves to cause musical mayhem in this little Clare town. By the time we arrived, everyone in the street had a sunken look, as if the festival had just sucked 5 years out of their lives. We had our greasy Irish breakfast and made our merry way on. Last night some musician friends and I went to ... read more




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