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| Dingle is an awesome place for traditional Irish music and O' Flaherty's is one of the best in Dingle. Fergus O'Flaherty led the music, but others joined in to either play an instrument or sing. Occasionally a man in the pub stood and told a joke or recited a poem. O'Flaherty's has super atmosphere, but there are many other places with outstanding traditional music as well. |
| Dingle is a fascinating little harbor town as you can see from the picture taken out the window of our hotel. Dingle is also known as An Daingean, its Gaelic name. Dingle is a Gaeltacht which means the government subsidizes the survival of the Irish language and culture. |
| The sky was threatening as we arrived at the Alpine Hotel, but the rain never came. We went for a group dinner at the Stonehouse Restaurant (a popular name for restaurants in Ireland) that is owned by Stephen's cousin. We had a tasty meal with time left to go to John Benny Moriarty's pub. |
| John Benny Moriarty played a tune for a packed house in his pub. |
| Fishing boats come into the harbor in the mornings to unload their daily catch and arrange for transportation to market. |
| The second night in Dingle we had dinner at James G. Ashe pub. The beef and Guinness stew was very good with a nice atmosphere. After dinner we went to a wonderful traditional music concert at St. James Church. |
| Tony Small (guitar) and Eoin Duignan (low whistle and uilleann pipes) performed music from the local culture. Eoin was outstanding on the uilleann pipes which we rarely heard in pubs. |
| Eilin ni Chearna and Aine Leahy sang some beautiful songs from the Blasket Island culture as well as other music with local influences. |
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| After the performance at the St. James Church we went to Murphy's Pub and heard none other than our tour guide, Stephen, sing a few songs with the band. |