Old Quarter Limerick
Denmark Street, City Centre Limerick, County Limerick, 00000, Ireland
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Bones and Things
... walking in various directions. We eventually wound up back home, but the night continued. The highlight was definitely hearing the boys singing football and rebel songs. I've been corrected. Shouting is a better word. But passionate shouting, I say. The other highlight is when they sang a song about me, with clever lyrics, a refrain, and guitar accompaniment, to boot! The other highlight - man love. Lots of it. Aussie and I both admired all of the ...
Not "Do I know you?" but "Hey I know you!"
... like this in the states, but students have rather intelligent responses to these questions. It felt like an EU conference. I wonder if UL holds these meetings because Ireland is borderline socialist. Perhaps.
Today I finally slept in because I knew that my school work is making great progress. I cycled to the milk market and recognized two people unaffiliated with school. My friend who was with me commented, "Hey popular." I can't help ...
Workshops, Events, and Dancing, oh my!
... and Borat plays bodhran? Neither did I. The costume contest winner, and possibly the best costume I have ever seen in my entire life, was a set of lego men representing the Beoga band members. Lego Men. Life sized Lego Men. Absolutely genius. We danced the night away until it ended all too soon. One of my friends noticed how cool it was that this young crowd danced away to Celtic music. The Irish know Halloween.
Which brings us to today. Peace!
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And We're Off!
... curry for lunch), and a bread stand. I purchased a whole wheat soda bread loaf, which I just finished today. If Ireland does anything right, it's the bread. Delicious! I learned that the reason the brown breads are so different from ours at home is that the flour is different. Unfortunately we can't purchase this flour in most stores at home because it is not processed and therefore goes bad quickly. From the vegetable booth, I bought these ...
Kisses to goal kicks
... Kevin’s French and speaks English with a marked Irish accent. John had his first career in the Royal Marines based for some time in Singapore so we were able to compare notes on ‘then and now’, they’d been based at Sembawang.
Later we found O’Connell Street and had a great lunch – beef and Guinness stew with mash for me and Pete, traditional fare and absolutely delicious. There was a statue ...



