Tinarana House
Travel Blogs from Killaloe
Castle day
... Castle was the Caufield Cup winner in 1968. From here we drove to Galway Bay and this lovely B&B, it is now 5.30am (my body clock is out of sync), yesterday evening we went into Kinvarra a little fishing village nearby and had an evening meal at one of the local pubs. Yes we are enjoying ourselves and luckily the girls LIKE castles and medieval history. Some of the photos are a little blurry , I am using my IPhone so sorry in advance ...
Changes
... a new passion for school and my education, and I know that I want to teach and inspire as many students as I can, as a few of my high-school teachers did for me. I know that this journey was meant to be, and I am so grateful to everyone who helped me get here, and for those who will love to hear about my journey when I return. And that, my friends, are my thoughts I had while I lay in bed, listening to the beautiful Irish rain, half asleep. Enjoy.
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Rag Week and Convention Madness
... as well as a trad session with students from the Academy.
The next day I had all the plans of staying in and taking it easy, since I am an old lady who needs her beauty sleep. But some traddies (the name given to trad musicians) from the Academy sent me a facebook message – “come to the pavilion.” I had never hung with these people before, so I decided to give it a go and make new friends. They were lovely people! We ...
A Scattering of Random Adventures
... the three miles into town along my path, taking advantage of the sunlight, and visit the Milk Market. It may have been sunny, but man, that wind blew hard and pierced my face with icy coldness! Soon my fingers wouldn't move. But this is how much I cared! Limerick was sunny! We participated in Milk Market festivities (ie. food) and walked back to UL. And the sun still shone! Not 10 minutes after I got back inside did I hear a loud pounding. I looked out my window ...
Not "Do I know you?" but "Hey I know you!"
... session to complete my field research, then back to Ennis to interview one of the singers. To save myself from redundancy, I'm going to copy paste part of my ethnography here for you to explain a pretty cool experience:
"Richard turned the floor to the "two American girls" again, so I decided to try something different. In my few months in Ireland, I am learning that people like to hear songs from a singer's home. They often get excited when I ...
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Other places to stay in Killaloe
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Lakeside Hotel and Leisure Centre
Ballina/Killaloe, Co. Clare , Killaloe | 3 star hotelfrom $118 -
Harbourside
Killaloe | 4 star hotel -
Lantern House
Ogonnelloe, Killaloe, Clare, Killaloe | Hotelfrom $95
