What is it like to be Irish?

Okay…
For a non-Irish, it looks – a bit- like this…
Why today?
Especially today?
It was so.
Walking the dogs is ever inspiring.
But what comes to mind is not always relevant or for public exposures.
Hehe!
But sometimes little wonders happen!
Like:
suddenly and totally out of the blue
-even if the sky was more than less grey-
a tune
- a nice one, for that-
sang in my head.
Follow by another one.
And both Irish.
First was a wonderful interpretation of Paddy Reilly’ Song for Ireland.
It is an exceptional one.
In the middle of it, his voice seems to get stronger, nearer, very expressive.
The second song was Joe McDonnell.

By that fabulous singer of the Wolfe Tones.

Honestly.
We are far here from the Ireland of green meadows, pouring or brown rain.
And the ponys…
And all what makes Ireland attractive:
Wiskhey, Guinness and all the other shenanigans…
Because as soon as it came to my mind, I saw the face of Bobby Sands.
3 years ago I was so very surprised when after searching the net I found out he died in 1981…
It seemed so long ago….
Anyway.
One thing is sure, Ireland has a lot of strong voices.
Strong music.
Sometimestoo, very delicate, like the tunes of O’Carollan.
Unfortunately, nothing very nice is to find on youtube.
Fact is that it is true as well for the version of Paddy Reilly:
it doesn’t even exist there.
And Luke Kelly is too raucous for me.
So, I admit that from one to the other,
I went to Phil Lynott’s Old Town too.
Without speaking of the various Carrickferguses.
Including-excluding Ronan Keating.
But all that was so serious, sad and so on,
that I searched again for the Star of County Down:
no Wolfe, no Van Morrison, so I passed…
and it is a good thing that Eileen came to my mind.
O! Gonna see if I find the

Well, never remember the piano at the beginning.
…………
Let”s go a bit further…
Like I tried to recall my idea about Ireland:
1. Before Internet.
2. Before Youtube ( not the same!).
3. Before I went to Scotland.
Meaning by that mainly Glasgow.
Which is about as Irish as can be in Britain.
4. Before Riverdance…
Speaking about this.
Wondering:
1. of the dancers are or aren’t intoxicated.
I suppose they aren’t as dancers are peculiar about their diets.
I told you, many things come to mind while walking the dogs.
2. Like that Gene Kelly has such a name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ24YLB5cPc

Of cause Sammy Davis Junior hasn’t.
But.
Well.
Not dancing, not always!

Bye bye!

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