When in Rome |
Arriving back from Italy this past Thursday, the only hair raising experience came at the end of the trip, when I discovered that my car keys had disappeared, maybe for days, maybe for hours, who know...
Posted by Kyle Carey on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:26:00 PST |
Tinkerman's Daughter |
The evening before last Monday's bank holiday, John B. Keane's pub in Listowel, about an hour's drive North of Kerry, is completely packed. Wall to wall, groaning with people, all the locals in town ...
Posted by Kyle Carey on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:59:00 PST |
St. Patrick's Day Shindigs |
St. Patrick's day in Dingle proved to be entirely different from any St. Patty's day experience I've had in the states. At six a.m. on the allotted morning, the Dingle band marched down John Street, ...
Posted by Kyle Carey on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:02:00 PST |
Driving in Ireland |
Well, I am officially driving in Ireland. A good friend who is also conveniently a mechanic, inspired for my zeal for the culture, and all too trusting, sold me a car for a Euro, and now I've got wh...
Posted by Kyle Carey on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:18:00 PST |
Pagan or Christian? |
This week heralded the beginning of our intensive Native Irish Spirituality and Theology course, and in accordance with many of the interesting cultural customs we've been learning about folklore, we'...
Posted by Kyle Carey on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:16:00 PST |
Men from Donegal |
This weekend I traveled inland to stay in the small village of Ballyferriter for four nights. All of the other American students gone to travel Europe for our February break, I decided last minute to ...
Posted by Kyle Carey on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:13:00 PST |
A Day at the Blaskets |
Most Wednesday evenings Timmy can be found down at John Benny's pub by the waterfront, knocking back a few pints he converses in broken English with some of the older folks at the bar, preferring to s...
Posted by Kyle Carey on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:35:00 PST |
A Night of Sean Nos |
The village of Ballyferriter lies about ten minutes west of Dingle, inland, you leave the sea behind you only to find it again on the outskirts of the village. While Dingle is known for being a Mecca...
Posted by Kyle Carey on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:32:00 PST |
Music and Mayhem Irish Style |
Last Friday night, the Dingle Bay hotel hosted a fund-raising concert for the families of the trawler disaster a few weeks past, a shipwreck the claimed the lives of a handful of local men. Even thou...
Posted by Kyle Carey on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:26:00 PST |
St. Bridget's Day in Dingle |
On February first Spring officially begins in Ireland. I can see the change already, not only in the weather and the landscape, but the faces of the people around town, they look hopeful, please...
Posted by Kyle Carey on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:00 PST |
