building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "15_gal.jpg" "15_gal.jpeg" "National University of Ireland at Galway. Charles Petrie and I spent a week visiting DERI (Digital Enterprise Research Institute) at NUIG. I arrived at Shannon early Sunday morning and did the 90 minute drive to Galway without stopping. Mainly, I was eager to get some sleep. Unfortunately, I arrived SO early that there was no room for me." building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "4777723.jpeg" "Without a room, there was nothing else for me to do but go off and see the town. The Cathedral seemed the logical first stop." building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "4777719.jpeg" "More of the Cathedral." building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "4777706.jpeg" "Theater." building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "lynch.jpg" "lynch.jpeg" "Lynch's Castle." structure galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "spanisharch.jpeg" "Spanish Arch" anonymous galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "6_gal.jpg" "6_gal.jpeg" clock galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "8_gal.jpg" "8_gal.jpeg" "Of course, I could not forget to check the time." building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "radisson.jpeg" "Late afternoon, I returned to the hotel and managed to get in. The Radisson was a bit swankier than I expected, style not very traditional, but okay for a first visit." building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "radissonroom.jpeg" "Representative room at the Radisson. There was no wide screen TV in my room and no fireplace and no attractive woman. But, otherwise, it looked like this." building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "quays.jpg" "quays.jpeg" "Monday night, we had a dinner at the Quays Bar. The visitors and the non-Irish directors or DERI all had Guinnesses; the sole Irishman in the group had a Bud." building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "greatsouthern.jpeg" "Great Southern Hotel in Eyre Square. And in the basement on the right, O'Flaherty's Bar, which brags \"There's always something happening at O'Flaherty's.\" Thursday, I stopped in for Guinness and Fish and Chips. I had just finishing eating when the fire alarm sounded. Well, I was in no rush to leave figuring I could get out by the time everyone else did. The interesting thing was that apparently everyone else felt the same. No one moved. The proprietors had to come and roust us out. I got up to leave, thought for a second, and went back to get my Guinness. Others, seeing my forethought, did the same." building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "greatsouthernlobby.jpeg" "Outside, we all stood around with our glasses in hand watching the fire-fighters at work (a small fire in the lobby) and offering suggestions." anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "aftertherain.jpeg" "By the end of the week, the skies began to clear." anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "cladaghsky.jpeg" "Claddagh." galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "cover.jpeg" "As luck would have it, we chose a week smack in the middle of the Galway Arts Festival." animal galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "cow.jpeg" "The streets were filled with odd looking creatures." anonymous galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "snuffpuppets.jpeg" anonymous galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "boom.jpeg" "Oops." anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "macnas001.jpeg" "There was the Macnas parade." anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "macnas010.jpeg" anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "macnas072.jpeg" anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "macnas075.jpeg" anonymous galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "macnas.jpeg" "I don't know what was going on here." anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "strangefruit20.jpeg" "Then we had Strange Fruit, a performance group from Australia. I do not know how to describe this. 8 performers, 4 men in white face in black tails and 4 women in long white dresses, atop 12 foot poles, all strikingly lighted from below, in stark contrast with the darkening sky, standing stock still staring to the west." anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "strangefruit24.jpeg" "The music rises and they begin to sway slightly and then with growing amplitude." anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "strangefruit16.jpeg" "The move back and forth in perfect unison, their arms and legs perfectly still." anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "strangefruit81.jpeg" "When they reach the extreme, almost touching the ground, the ballet begins. Before long, we see the story emerge - play, dance, romance." anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "strangefruit86.jpeg" "In one section, the men and women arch over each other and eventually end up in a loving, touching, sensuous embrace." anonymous galway county_galway 2004 sean_mccormack "strangefruit98.jpeg" "Although they can touch each other, they are never able to come fully together and must eventually part. It is beautiful, funny, touching, profound. Quite unlike anything I had seen before." building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "ga20023.jpg" "ga20023.jpeg" "Walls painted with light." david_byrne galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "davidbyrne33.jpeg" "I missed David Byrne." bert_jansch anonymous galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "bertjansch.jpeg" "I missed Bert Jansch." yevgeny_yevtushenko anonymous galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "yevgenyyevtushenko.jpeg" "I missed Yevgeny Yevtushenko. And a host of others." car galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "11_gal.jpg" "11_gal.jpeg" "Saturday, I was at loose ends and decided to go off and see the sights. I wanted to take this bus to tour Connemara. However, I had been there before and I had not yet visited the Burren. So, I hopped in my car and drove South." building kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4411.jpg" "4411.jpeg" "Dunguaire Castle. Named after the 7th century King Guaire of Connaught whose court was renowned as a haunt of balladeers and bards." building kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4416.jpg" "4416.jpeg" "Dunguaire Castle was built in 1520 by the Hynes Clan. In the 17th century the castle passed to Richard Martyn, Mayor of Galway. After that it was purchased by Oliver St. John Gogarty and became the center of literary meetings of such writers as W.B. Yeats, his patron Lady Gregory, George Bernard Shaw, Edward Martin and J.M. Synge." building kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4415.jpg" "4415.jpeg" "Dunguaire Castle." building kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4380.jpg" "4380.jpeg" "Dunguaire Castle." building kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4382.jpg" "4382.jpeg" "Dunguaire Castle. Dining hall." building kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4383.jpg" "4383.jpeg" "Dunguaire Castle. Dining Hall." building kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4384.jpg" "4384.jpeg" "Dunguaire Castle. Bedroom." building kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4385.jpg" "4385.jpeg" "Dunguaire Castle. Sitting Room." building cliffsofmoher county_clare 2004 michael_genesereth "4401.jpg" "4401.jpeg" "Cliffs of Moher." building cliffsofmoher county_clare 2004 michael_genesereth "4392.jpg" "4392.jpeg" "Cliffs of Moher." building cliffsofmoher county_clare 2004 michael_genesereth "4389.jpg" "4389.jpeg" "Tower." animal cliffsofmoher county_clare 2004 michael_genesereth "4394.jpg" "4394.jpeg" "Cliffs of Moher. Blase resident." doolin county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4406.jpg" "4406.jpeg" "Wharf at Doolin." boat doolin county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4404.jpg" "4404.jpeg" "Wharf at Doolin." boat doolin county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4405.jpg" "4405.jpeg" "Wharf at Doolin." building kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4408.jpg" "4408.jpeg" "Interpretive Center and Restaurant." building kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4407.jpg" "4407.jpeg" "View from parking lot." house kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4412.jpg" "4412.jpeg" "Modern housing in traditional style." house kinvara county_galway 2004 michael_genesereth "4414.jpg" "4414.jpeg" "Modern housing in traditional style." animal building galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "p1010029.jpg" "p1010029.jpeg" "I decided to stop and eat on my way home. This place was reputed to have excellent chicken pies. \"Very fresh chicken\" (qv)." animal galway county_galway 2004 anonymous "toucan1.jpg" "toucan1.jpeg" "Then again, every day is a lovely day for a Guinness, isn't it?"