Saturday, July 31, 2010

Thursday, July 29, 2010

OÍCHE DEN SCOTH




Máirtín Ó Dugáin
Brian Ó Baoill
Cití Sheáin
Treasa Ní Clafartaigh
Brian Ó Domhnaill
Neilí Ó Baoill
Gearoidín Bhreathnach

MÁLAINN MHÓR




We have taken to walking together Marcas, Stiofáin and me. We drove out to the area where the portal tombs are located all in a row along the road. We parked the car at the National School and started walking thinking that it might be a few kilometers. After about twenty minutes we saw a car about to go into a driveway. The car had a Kerry registration but we greeted the driver in Irish and she answered us back with a beautiful Donegal accent. She told us that we were very close to the first monument. We would have to go past the knitting factory and we would see it on the right. We walked for another 10 minutes before we saw the stones.
We found the entrance to the path across the bog. There was a small sign warning us that the monument was under the care of the government and we should not damage it. But there was no other information about the age of the monument or who might have built it. So much for encouraging cultural tourism!

Monday, July 26, 2010

FÍBÍN - ÉIST LE DO CHROÍ



There is always something special in the Gleann for Summer School. This year, Fíbín – a theater group from Galway – performed the story of the Rón Dall, or the blind seal. As one performer read the story another played live music while a third painted scenes from the story on large panels. At the end of the story they put the four individual panels together and bound them together in one large picture of the blind seal. It was a truly magical experience.
The story of the play was taken from the work of William Maxwell and his book Wild Sports of the West.