RTE Doc One Curious Ear

I cannot believe my extraordinary good fortune this morning to find myself having met Ronan Kelly. I've been listening to his documentaries on RTE for years now. He stayed over last night here at Josie's. A great guy and fantastic interviwer! Look him up on RTE! He's here to cover the 'Here Say Festival' in Kilfinane during November.

Good night all

Ah, the Cliffs

Little guys!

12th Century Monastery

Session break

Session kid

Session babe

Session pup

At The Crane

Crane Sunday Session

At The Crane in Galway

Cliffs of Moher

Out on the Cliffs

of Moher

I have another guest!

Brian!

Standing on Rock of Thorabh

Hiking in the Glen of Aherlow overlooking Tipperary.

Guess who has come to visit me?!

Erin

Munster wins over Glasgow

Fun night in the stadium!

Rugby tonight

Munster vs Glasgow

Custys

Visited Custy's in Ennis today to pick up some music treats!

Fiddler friends at 3012 feet atop Ireland.

Myself, Mary, and Eamonn from Ballylanders

Up on high

Friends on Galtymore

2 are from Ballylanders, 3 are Irish fiddlers and 1 a member of the Galtee hiking club who I met a few years back. The woman to the left of the cross may be related to me on my grandmother's side. We may get a session going in Ballylanders next week. Joe, Mary, Eamonn, Tom.

On the way up the trail

My buddie

Woof

Me atop Galtymore

Couldn't resist another trip to the top! A most beautiful day. I'm addicted to the Galtees and hiking amongst the sheep!

A Whale of a tail

The whale taking a dive!

Two whales in the north Atlantic on the way to Skellig

The one on the right has mouth wide open! We were chasing these whales and they were chasing us. I think we all had fun!

Whales surfacing Skellig MIchael on the right, "Little" Skellig on the left.

Skellig Michael (Irish: Sceilig Mhichíl), or Great Skellig (Irish: Sceilig Mhór) is the larger of the two Skellig Islands located 11.6 km west of the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.^[2] A Christian monastery was founded on the island at some point between the 6th and 8th century and remained continuously occupied until its abandonment in the late 12th century. The remains of the monastery, along with most of the island itself, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.^[2]

Skellig Michael

Bird friend on Skellig

Bee's eye view from Skellig

Celtic cross on Skellig

Bee hive on Skellig

View from Skellig

On top of Skellig

My friend Alan and I spent a glorious day amongst whale, porpoise and the high reaches of Skellig Island off the coast of Kerry.

Sunset over Kilfinane

Lough Diheen

Just below the north face of Galteymore

Walking the rim

High in the Galtees

Hiking to the heights of Galtymore

Wow, magnificent day. That is Slievecushnabina in the distance as seen from Galtymore.

Swans on the Shannon

Swan dance

On the Shannon

Sunset over the Shannon

It's Monday evening. I'm in Limerick. A fantastic mild evening on the river.

Day 1 In Kilfinane

Watched the complete eclipse from my seat crossing the Atlantic. The blood red moon was fantastic at 39K feet.

Full moon over Aer Lingus!

My boat

2015 Here I go again Back to Ballylanders

This is not Ireland