Killkenny? You Bastards!
Ok, that isn't on a T-shirt out here. But it really aught to be.
Leaving Blarney today, we travelled first to Cashel, which is the home of Cashel Castle, and Bru Boru.
Bru is the Irish word for Brian. Bru Boru, or Brian Boru, was a Irish King-Chieftain who was a major Patron of the Arts back around the year 1000. A rather famous quote of his has him saying "Stand Ye Now for Erin's Cause!" in battle. Erin meaning Ireland. We flew into Shannon Airport. Truly, we are linked here. Though the Irish would probably laugh at the idea. (Did I mention that Jason, our drunk friend from a few days ago, upon learning Erin's name on St. Patrick's Day, responded with "Well, Happy Birthday!" Not that St. Patrick's Day is any sort of Independence Day, but still, we thought it was funny.)
Bru Boru is the National Cultural Center at the foot of the Cashel Castle. And it's really cool to wander through for a while, learning bits and pieces of the history of Irish music and dance (sadly, not much about theatre, though they have a nice one upstairs.) But bits and pieces are all you get - its so massively disorganized that its impossible to get a picture of the whole. Instruments from the 10th century are next to an audio lecture on famous battles of Brian Boru, are next to a video on cultural dance. Then in the next room its back to instruments. No rhyme or reason. But well loved. Worth stopping. And I'll probably do some research.
After that we stopped at Killkenny on the way to Dublin. We've been sampling the local fast food lately - a chicken burger at a food cart, some chips (fries) with salt and vinegar from a chip shop, and a Kebab from Abreakebabra. Mostly because we've been short on time and money, but also because its fun. And the Kebab was really good.
Got to Dublin, took the DART (think MAX) in for an hour or two, but had to rush back because it doesn't run late. Got a pint at the local bar - The Bloody Stream. Nice. Back to the B&B. Early morning tomorrow - day in Dublin, then fly to London.
Leaving Blarney today, we travelled first to Cashel, which is the home of Cashel Castle, and Bru Boru.
Bru is the Irish word for Brian. Bru Boru, or Brian Boru, was a Irish King-Chieftain who was a major Patron of the Arts back around the year 1000. A rather famous quote of his has him saying "Stand Ye Now for Erin's Cause!" in battle. Erin meaning Ireland. We flew into Shannon Airport. Truly, we are linked here. Though the Irish would probably laugh at the idea. (Did I mention that Jason, our drunk friend from a few days ago, upon learning Erin's name on St. Patrick's Day, responded with "Well, Happy Birthday!" Not that St. Patrick's Day is any sort of Independence Day, but still, we thought it was funny.)
Bru Boru is the National Cultural Center at the foot of the Cashel Castle. And it's really cool to wander through for a while, learning bits and pieces of the history of Irish music and dance (sadly, not much about theatre, though they have a nice one upstairs.) But bits and pieces are all you get - its so massively disorganized that its impossible to get a picture of the whole. Instruments from the 10th century are next to an audio lecture on famous battles of Brian Boru, are next to a video on cultural dance. Then in the next room its back to instruments. No rhyme or reason. But well loved. Worth stopping. And I'll probably do some research.
After that we stopped at Killkenny on the way to Dublin. We've been sampling the local fast food lately - a chicken burger at a food cart, some chips (fries) with salt and vinegar from a chip shop, and a Kebab from Abreakebabra. Mostly because we've been short on time and money, but also because its fun. And the Kebab was really good.
Got to Dublin, took the DART (think MAX) in for an hour or two, but had to rush back because it doesn't run late. Got a pint at the local bar - The Bloody Stream. Nice. Back to the B&B. Early morning tomorrow - day in Dublin, then fly to London.
Labels: Bastards, Bru Boru, DART, Happy Birthday, I'll buy you a Kebab
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