Celtic Moment

Image taken on 2011-07-12 13:20:45.

Music video by Celtic Woman performing Galway Bay.

Toast to you Galway taken from album ‘Don’t forget to Remember’ By Mike Fox (Foxybhoy)

Another accomplished performance by Sharon Shannon and band at the ‘Michael D Higgins for president’ fund raising event, held at Monroe’s Galway, on Friday, September 23rd, 2011. Sharon and band travelled to Galway, after playing a gig elsewhere earlier in the evening, and delivered a top class, late night set of music to those present. It was an impressive marathon night of music (over 7 hours), with many fine musicians there to perform and support Irish presidential candidate, Michael D. Higgins. From Sharon’s website: Sharon has recorded and toured with….Bono, Adam Clayton, Sinead O’Connor, Jackson Browne, John Prine, Steve Earl, Mark Knopfler, The Chieftains, The Waterboys, Willie Nelson, Nigel Kennedy, Alison Krauss, and Shane Mc Govern… Related websites: www.michaeldhiggins.ie www.sharonshannon.com www.myspace.com en.wikipedia.org Sharon Shannon Sharon Shannon Sharon Shannon

The Galway Races is a week long Irish horse-racing festival that begins on the last Monday of July every year. The races are held at Ballybrit Racecourse in Galway. The busiest days of the festival are Wednesday, when the Galway Plate is held, and Thursday, when the Galway Hurdle and Ladies’ Day take place. It is celebrated in this popular song, which has been recorded by many artists, including The Clancy Brothers, The Chieftains, Luke Kelly and the Dubliners, Jim McCann, The Pogues and The Wolfe Tones. You can see a playlist of my Irish songs here: www.youtube.com For lyrics and chords of my songs please see my website: www.raymondcrooke.com

Originally posted 2011-01-09 23:37:54.

Preview of Kiwidel’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Galway, Ireland Entry Title: “Galway and the Aran Islands” Entry: “Flew to Galway on Monday the 28th and then took a bus and a ferry out to Inishmore, which is one of the Aran Islands about 30 kms west of Galway Bay. As it was absolutely pouring with rain – had to go and buy a cheap rain jacket – best thing I could’ve ever done as my Icebreaker that I’ve worn every day since I got here wouldn’t have survived! The Aran Islands are just about all Irish-speaking (not that you can understand their english anyways) and very very remote – almost like stepping back into time, where the pace of life is slow and fishing and farming seems to be the main source of income, but tourism seems to be creeping in now too! Once everyone arrives off the ferry, you either get a minbus to give you a guided tour around the island it you’re only on a day trip, or rent a bike if you’re staying longer, as the island’s only 9 miles long and 2 miles wide. I rented a bike – found a B&B and then off I went exploring the island. It’s very remote, bleak, stoney but very peaceful at the same time. The island’s also very famous if you’re into archaeology, which I’m not, but it was still incredible to see all these ancient celtic stone fort sites. The most spectacular of these sites was a fort called Dun Aengus, which is …

Preview of Jasondcriswell’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Galway, Ireland Entry Title: “The Emerald Isle” Entry: “Alright so this is the final entry to this long travel blog! We flew from Scotland to Ireland, and spent a wonderful four nights in this beautiful country. We were able to stay at a church on the Western side of Ireland, and had such a wonderful time. We drove around that part of the country one rainy day (we found out why it’s so green there, it rains like nothing else), and were just overwhlemed at how beautiful a country it is. Scotland was mysterious and grand; Ireland was very welcoming, green, and lovable in a weird way. You felt that you could really begin to love the people of Ireland. As you drive through the countryside you come upon so many random ruins, of old abbeys and monastaries, where you still fill His presence. Old small villages, and grand castles. It’s a very different type of country. I have been reading some of the history of the Celtic saints again, and it is so interesting to read about what was so normal for them, where God was an allpowerful loving intimate God, who healed, delivered, and was not in a box. I compare that with how we live today. And also it was so amazing to be in a place where you feel that history so alive and so real! One of the highlights as we drove around the Irish countryside …

A short video of the Kilmoylan Cemetery and church ruin tucked away in a beautiful corner of Ireland. The cemetery can be found on R347 between the town of Athenry and Tuam in County Galway Ireland. Some curious cattle investigated us from just outside the stone wall of the graveyard. The toppled ruin of an old church is the focal point of the site, and is surrounded by celtic crosses. The cemetery remains in active use today.

This is from: “The Very Best of James Galway”. The pictures are from: “The Essence of Stonehenge”. Sir James Galway playing: Danny Boy”

Preview of Brad2512′s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Galway, Ireland Entry Title: “Dublin to Galway” Entry: “We began our little three day tour with the lovely folk of Paddy Wagon Tours and our group of 32 consisting mainly of Australians and Canadians. The traffic on the way out of Dublin on a Monday morning was chaotic to say the least. Our first stop was the Phoenix Park which I am told is the second largest city park in the world after Gorky Park Moscow. The park has its own zoo and fallow deer have roamed freely within its grounds since the 17th century. The park is located approximately 3 km west of Dublin’s centre and has a total size of 712 hectors. A central feature of the Park is a huge steel cross erected for the 1979 Papal visit to Dublin which pulled a crowd of one and a quarter million people, almost a third of Ireland’s population at that time. Our next stop was the Ancient Ecclesiastical site of Clonmacnoise which sits by the River Shannon. This Monastery was founded by St. Ciaran in about 548 and was situated at the cross-road of Ireland where north and south artery of communication crossed the major east west route. The location’s pivotal point added to its importance as a centre of religion, trade, learning, craftsmanship and political influence. There are a number of ruins of old churches on the site plus a large cemetery …