Aon Rud Eile ????

In a previous posting I spoke of Oppurtunity and Oppurtunities
[Déis(pronounced 'Deshhhh')and Déiseanna(pr.'Deshhannah')are the
Gaeilge/Irish for Oppurtunity and Oppurtunities] and in the
previous posting I wrote about the Unexepected in Life and my
unexpected/unpredicted access to the Internet Today is an example
of Oppurtunity presenting Itself Once again - So for what it is
Worth? - In the 31 minuits computer time left I Shall Do my Best!

Usually when I am away from the Blog I often contemplate and
speculate about various topics that I could write about yet
more often than not what happens is that my Plans and Intentions
disapate and disappear like Mist that once clothed a Mountain clears
away when the either the Sun comes up or the Wind blows it away.

[As I am Typing away there are some young Traveller Children talking
inches from where I am sitting at the computer - They are Good Kids
and They have a Right to be here as much as I or Anybody Else - They
are Lively and Full of Life and Fun as All other Kids often are - Yet
it is very Distracting and Difficult to Focus on what I intended to
talk about:The Connection I felt when Performing and Playing Music
recently in front of a large live appreciative Audiance

- Often I like to listen to the
Irish Language radio station 'Ráidio ná Gaeltachtá'
and frequently they Often Play Really Good Varied Types of Music

Recently I heard a really beautifull Air/Melody
[titled:-'A Midwinter's Waltz' from The Boy's of the Lough]
and I played It on one of my whistles on the trip up to Mayo
and the Responce was Positive !!!!

- I have Only 7 minuits left on the computer Today

The Travellers are an Ethnic/Cultural group of Irish People
who are Outside the mainstream of Irish Society
Many outstanding Muscitions in Irish Traditional Music have
come out of the Travelling Community especially Uilleann Pipers eg:
Johhny Doran,Paddy Keenan,Finbarr Furey

The Irish Travellers have a Name for Themselves
They call Themselves:- The Pavee People
It is Really Worth looking up The Irish Travellers on Wikipedia
- the Information in that 'Wiki' is Detailed and Fascinating

There are many Songs about the Travellers
and 'The Travelling People'by Ewan MacColl
is probebly the most Well Known - The Words
and The Melody to this Song are Worth a Listen !!!!

There is a Film/Movie :- "Into the West"
that portrays Traveller Life as It Once may have been
It is a Very Enjoyable Movie suitable for All Ages

As Gaeilge(-in Irish) The Irish Travellers
are called'An Lucht Siúil'[pronounced 'Onn Lucht Shuual']
and it translates as 'The Walking People'

There are Travellers other than the Traditional Irish Travellers
- in fact some are very accompished long distance walkers
for example Dermot Somers from Ireland who has walked across
the Sahara and walked across Siberia
and also climbed many a Mountain including Mt.Everest
and of course Sir Ranulf Fiennes the famous explorer from Britain
who also has walked many a mile across Both the Artic and
Antartica and He too has climbed many a Mountain in his Time

In Lismore in County Waterford in Ireland
there is an Annual Travel Writers Festival
A Young[in his 30's] Irish Travel Writer
Worth checking out is Manchán Magan
He has Traveled All over the World.
and of course I must mention Dervla Murphy
an Irish Woman who has writen Many a Book about
Her often unusual Travels in exotic environments
She is now in her 80's and has been Travelling
for well on 40 Years and is still going strong
There is a Wikiepedia about Her and also there is
a Wikiepedia about Sir Ranulph Fiennes who this year
attended IMMRAMA The Lismore Travel Writers Festival


I Really Enjoy Good Travel Writing !!!!


On 'RnaG' recently I heard 'Sophie and Fiachra'
They are on the Internet and are Worth a Listen !!!!

[p.s. Sophie and Fiachra are Not Irish Travellers
Sophie is French Canadian and Fiachra is Irish
and together They play Really Good Music !!!!
and Yes They certainly are Worth a Listen !!!!]


Now I Do Not Know
When I Will Next Get Internet Access ????

It Might Be Weeks Away ????
Until than Slán agus Beannacht !!!!