We awoke to a partly sunny morning and the weather kept getting better right through afternoon. We took our separate walks, meeting up half way for a brief chat. Note the statue built out of plastic waste built by the children of the local elementary school.
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Lunch was at home sitting out in the backyard with our beautiful view (that you’ve already seen). Then at 2:00 pm we were off to little St. James’s Church (Church of Ireland) for another Féile na Bealtaine concert. First some views of the venue and surrounding area. The church is conveniently located right next to the Dingle Pub. Benner’s Hotel, opposite the entrance to the church, was once owned by some Boston lawyers. Also nearby is the Hare’s Corner where we had breakfast one morning.
The concert was by a new group called The Weaving. The Weaving is an inspirational fusion of Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich (Begley) on button accordion, Owen Spafford on fiddle and Cáit Ní Riain on piano. (I couldn’t find a good link for Cáit, but here is a link to one of her songs. You heard Méabh last night at the St Mary’s concert in memory of her father Seamus. They all also sing brilliantly. Here are some pictures taken at the concert including one taken out the window next to my seat. No videos this time, but just below the pictures are four recordings that I took during the concert. Enjoy the music if you like.
Dinner was at a new restaurant that Elaine has been dying to try – Solas. Our landlady, Grainne, also highly recommended it. So I was finally convinced to try it. It’s a tapas and wine bar. And it was grand. Oddly for a wine bar, no pinot noirs, so we had a St. Emilion Grand Cru from France. You can read the menu choices (below): we chose to share the bread with tomato confit, the fig tempura, the chorizo croquettes, and the scallop ceviche followed by the octopus carpaccio (shown half eaten) and the pork belly (not shown). The last picture shows the dessert (dark chocolate mousse with cream).
After dinner we stopped at O’Flaherty’s for a quiet drink. No music tonight, and the crowds from the festival are leaving dingle. The pub was blessedly quiet and we had a lovely conversation with an Irish tour guide from County Wexford.
Another fabulous walk-about. How clever of those school kids to construct such a fabulous statue. Elaine, were you mopping up around the statue?
Little St. James Church and it’s graveyard look very old. How convenient that it’s located next to the Dingle Pub where, apparently, it’s always Guinness Time. Who are they calling “fecking eejits”? The concert recordings were great.
The food at the tapas bar looks so good. I’d still be sitting there trying to decide what to eat, but I decided right away on having the Commissioner’s Block Shiraz.
Fun concert! Thanks!
As usual, enjoy your walking pics, the music, the great pics of you and Elaine at the bar. The food looked great. You could not be disappointed, good choice. With that kind of food, I would have to be running each day, not walking.
Love you in blue, Elaine ❤️