Gleeson's Townhouse and Restaurant Roscommon

... had bought a ticket previously and I was going to hook up with her after but while at Mr. Tea’s show a stranger sat at our table and offered an extra one they had. And the extra ticket came from a Canadian relative of all things! Melanie really enjoyed her show but I enjoyed the opening act more, Frankie Gavin. There were three of them on stage and they played traditional, Irish music. Frankie was amazing on the fiddle; it was as if his fingers were dancing over the strings ...

Our dear friend Helen from Kelowna, BC came to visit us…. I believe it was the week we were finishing school. So it was the end of May.

Just before she came, we got a new little car. Well, its not new, but it was for us. After a year of hitching around Ireland and using the worst public transport system I've ever come across, we thought it was about time to find some wheels. So it was good timing when Helen came, cause we were just ...

At Granny and grandad's house they have a farm and on the farm there are cows. A baby calf was born on Saturday and it was a browny orange colour. he also has 2 dogs and one is mean and his name is Ben. The other dog is called Sporty and he is a nice dog.

2nd on our list was Turlough Park,

This was a place where we got to see how landlords lived in the 19th century while taxing their people into poverty. This one was a bit different than most English landlords because this house belonged to the Fitzgerald family who were Irish. They were removed by the english from their home in wexford Ireland where they held 70,000 acres of great land and moved to ...

... in Baile tobair Bhrighde, Roscommon, instead of Baile tobair Phadraig, Mayo. A town that is miles and miles away! Soooo the king promised to build a much grander one for the Abbey and thats how it came to be... pretty neat huh?

This Abbey is also very important because it is the Abbey that never gave in. Since it was built in 1216 it has held mass every single day! Even through invasion and coersion, burnings and death threats ...

Guess who's is here??? The positive thinker...ME..sister Katie...I get clean clothes tonight..although I can honestly say I wish it had been Dad's that had arrived.. I can wear Care's clothes and he looks funny in them.

Great time today...I am definitely going to look into being adopted by the Irish..Love THEM.

Got to hear Irish music and see the countryside. Eating an drinking our way...just like the Irish have done for years..all 3 sisters tried ...

Woke up this morning feeling not so bouncy after staying up too late to watch the moofie. Had a quick shower, got the bags out in time and went to a world class breakfast. Too bad I didn't really feel in the mood or care. All I feel like we do is eat and sit on the bus on this tour and I am a bit sick of it!
Took off from Belfast and went through little towns with a quick toilet stop in some little fishing village (they are all ...

... now we are staying in a pretty nice hotel and will be here for a couple nights thankfully.
In other news, Ireland is expensive as hell, a beer of Carlsburgh I paid 4 euro 40 for, do the conversion and thats over 5 dollars for a pint of beer, ouch... And ashley blew up my power converter with her hair dryer today and we have to go buy another one tomorrow, geee thanks.
Tomorrow we are taking a trip to ...

... l'ostello è in una zona di uffici, un po' desolante. Io e Diego andiamo a correre nei dintorni dell'ostello. C'è una bella zona di villette e un percorso ci porta fino al mare. Questa periferia sembra molto ricca, alcune ville hanno un parco privato. Invidia.
La sera io e Diego tentiamo una sortita a Sligo, in cerca di musica, ma la città non offre granchè e torniamo rapidamente a vedere Di Caprio alla TV nella hall dell'ostello insieme agli altri ospiti.

... The Republic of Connaught lasted barely a month, and French loaves and garlic snails would have to wait a few more years before they made an impact on the local diet. Jo and I passed a pub in Kilalla which had a dreamy diorama on its wall of French soldiers and Irish pikemen triumphantly capturing the town. We ended up sitting in a thatched cottage eating Tayto crisps ...