I enjoyed very much this journey through Ireland: the lakes, the people, the music , the castles and the wild landscapes.
The Wild Atlantic Way is a road following th Western coast of Ireland: on this road we meet Rachel Nolan (Rachel's Irish Adventures) and her friend Iszy Schwartz who enjoy riding bicycles and they stop to see Dun Briste (or Broken Fort) with its legend.
Then we meet Kevin Moran who is driving his 1960 Wolseley quietly on his road: tomorrow he will be the driver of a broom and and a bride and they will make shootings at the seaside.
Besides we meet François Colussi who enjoys kite surfing on this coast.
Then we are in Galway with Sheena Dignam (Galway food tour: a first stop at the bakery for cinnamon buns, a second stop for cuttlefish eating and then Sheena goes to the seaweed farm of Sinead O'Brien, they go to the beach where Sinead shows her different seaweeds. The chef JP. Mc Mahon (one Michelin star) arrives at the farm and look for abalones: he is also fond of natural products and will prepare abalones in the Aniar restaurant.
There are about 120.000 persons speaking Irish Gaelic language: we meet Donncha Mac Con Iomaire, a TV director preparing a film for a Gaelic TV about the Galway hookers (sailingboats): there are still 50 Galway hookers and now many people are interested in the Galway hooker regattas.
In the village of Dooline we meet Carolin Keane and her companion Tom Delany who plays uilleann pipes. There is now a great renewal of the Irish folk songs.
We visit also Ashford Palace who belonged to the Guiness family and now is a luxury hotel: in the garden there is a falconry and the falconer shows a Harris's hawk coming from America.
At Delphi Lodge the tourists can learn salmon fishing: Teddy Coulter , the fishing instructor was with a fisherwoman on the lake , about they didn't catch any salmon.
Now a great change of landscapes: we are on Inish Bofin, an island with many bogs (about 16 % of the area ¡of Ireland are covered with bogs): the archaeologist Michael Collins shows the places where the local people were taking the peat and now he is discovering elements of the past.
Besides young people of Galway have invented a new game (Delphi Adventures) , a cross country through the bogs.
I enjoyed also the zoom about the hurling, this typical Irish sport (about 2.000 clubs) with a great rule: if you practice hurling you have to participate in the team of your neighbourhood or village. Besides we meet Brendan Ruddy, a carpenter who makes the hurleys.
I enjoyed very much the encounters of Ismaël with Chris Kelly, Máirín Fahy, their son Dara Kelly and all the musicians and dancers of Galway, with John O'Toole and Anja Gohlke in Kylemore Abbey, and with Orla Calvey and Martin Calvey (the father of 10 children) on Achill island): very nice encounters with very kind Irish men and women.
The Wild Atlantic Way is a road following th Western coast of Ireland: on this road we meet Rachel Nolan (Rachel's Irish Adventures) and her friend Iszy Schwartz who enjoy riding bicycles and they stop to see Dun Briste (or Broken Fort) with its legend.
Then we meet Kevin Moran who is driving his 1960 Wolseley quietly on his road: tomorrow he will be the driver of a broom and and a bride and they will make shootings at the seaside.
Besides we meet François Colussi who enjoys kite surfing on this coast.
Then we are in Galway with Sheena Dignam (Galway food tour: a first stop at the bakery for cinnamon buns, a second stop for cuttlefish eating and then Sheena goes to the seaweed farm of Sinead O'Brien, they go to the beach where Sinead shows her different seaweeds. The chef JP. Mc Mahon (one Michelin star) arrives at the farm and look for abalones: he is also fond of natural products and will prepare abalones in the Aniar restaurant.
There are about 120.000 persons speaking Irish Gaelic language: we meet Donncha Mac Con Iomaire, a TV director preparing a film for a Gaelic TV about the Galway hookers (sailingboats): there are still 50 Galway hookers and now many people are interested in the Galway hooker regattas.
In the village of Dooline we meet Carolin Keane and her companion Tom Delany who plays uilleann pipes. There is now a great renewal of the Irish folk songs.
We visit also Ashford Palace who belonged to the Guiness family and now is a luxury hotel: in the garden there is a falconry and the falconer shows a Harris's hawk coming from America.
At Delphi Lodge the tourists can learn salmon fishing: Teddy Coulter , the fishing instructor was with a fisherwoman on the lake , about they didn't catch any salmon.
Now a great change of landscapes: we are on Inish Bofin, an island with many bogs (about 16 % of the area ¡of Ireland are covered with bogs): the archaeologist Michael Collins shows the places where the local people were taking the peat and now he is discovering elements of the past.
Besides young people of Galway have invented a new game (Delphi Adventures) , a cross country through the bogs.
I enjoyed also the zoom about the hurling, this typical Irish sport (about 2.000 clubs) with a great rule: if you practice hurling you have to participate in the team of your neighbourhood or village. Besides we meet Brendan Ruddy, a carpenter who makes the hurleys.
I enjoyed very much the encounters of Ismaël with Chris Kelly, Máirín Fahy, their son Dara Kelly and all the musicians and dancers of Galway, with John O'Toole and Anja Gohlke in Kylemore Abbey, and with Orla Calvey and Martin Calvey (the father of 10 children) on Achill island): very nice encounters with very kind Irish men and women.