Ive being told that the willie Clancy week is very quiet this year.Is it the weather or should i have kept quiet that i was not going this year ha ha ha
It doesn't seem unusually quiet to me. People head for the hills, the Bellbridge, Mullagh or the ceilis rather than stay in town like they used to and it has been like that for the past four years or so. The rain that started around five was a veritable deluge though.
It won't be quiet for long. I arrive to-morrow, armed only with a "lump of wood" on which I do a passing imitation of bones. One of those bits of wood you see on a ceilidh drum outfit, or attached to a washboard.
That will get things moving.
Haven't been in Milton Malbay since 1974. I expect it has changed somewhat.
My recollections of Clancy week all involve torrential rain. But then I always had a great time. I think the rain actually made it better. Is the 'people's kitchen' still there?
By the way, the habit of desserting the metropolis of Miltown for outlying sessions has been going on for at least 20 years. Mullagh was always reputed to be the place where the quality h
no, i've not been there for 14 years. I don't know how that has happened. One day it was 1994 the next it was 2008. I don't think the people's kitchen was there last time I was there actually, a pity cos it was always a great place (beyond the pub) to escape the p*ssing rain.
"By the way, the habit of desserting the metropolis of Miltown for outlying sessions has been going on for at least 20 years. Mullagh was always reputed to be the place where the quality hung out."
Inevitably, in the space of 20 years, the word is going to get around. The pubs in Mullagh have been packed out the last few times I've been there. A couple of the pubs have closed down in recent years, so there aren't as many places for people to go. Further out still, one of the two pubs in Coore closed a few years ago.
I know people have been going to Daly, McCarthy's (and while they were still there Gleeson's. Looney's) or Mullagh, Ennistymon or St Bridget's Well, to escape the 'riff raff' but in the past you could always find some half decent music somewhere in Miltown, or just any music at all.. During the past four years or so even that seemed to have stopped with many pubs not having anything but drinkers in them.
And 'where the quality hang out' for fecksake., I hope that was meant in an ironic sense.
... 'the habit of desserting [sic] the metropolis of Miltown' just proves that Andy had it so right many years ago with 'in the sweet Miltown Malbay, it's there I'd love to be'!
I just got a txt from a friend of mine who is there with some other friends and they reckon its great craic - they would be hanging out at mullugh and coore etc.
Willie Clancy week very quiet
Willie Clancy week very quiet
Ive being told that the willie Clancy week is very quiet this year.Is it the weather or should i have kept quiet that i was not going this year ha ha ha
# Posted on July 9th 2008 by DES RYNNE
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I heard its pouring rain.
# Posted on July 9th 2008 by dinn2
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Weather looks great for Catskills Irish Arts Week though!!
# Posted on July 9th 2008 by rob_handel
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Weather in Clare was torrential today but yesterday was nice
# Posted on July 9th 2008 by cStu
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It doesn't seem unusually quiet to me. People head for the hills, the Bellbridge, Mullagh or the ceilis rather than stay in town like they used to and it has been like that for the past four years or so. The rain that started around five was a veritable deluge though.
# Posted on July 9th 2008 by kilfarboy
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It won't be quiet for long. I arrive to-morrow, armed only with a "lump of wood" on which I do a passing imitation of bones. One of those bits of wood you see on a ceilidh drum outfit, or attached to a washboard.
That will get things moving.
Haven't been in Milton Malbay since 1974. I expect it has changed somewhat.
# Posted on July 9th 2008 by bodhran bliss
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My recollections of Clancy week all involve torrential rain. But then I always had a great time. I think the rain actually made it better. Is the 'people's kitchen' still there?
# Posted on July 9th 2008 by pavlf
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'Is the 'people's kitchen' still there?'
Haven't been for a while have you?
# Posted on July 9th 2008 by kilfarboy
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"Weather looks great for Catskills Irish Arts Week though!!"
I'm so mad I can't even afford (time wise) to go for a single day. Damn summer classes.
# Posted on July 10th 2008 by Whiddler
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Then again, everyone else is probably happy about that.
# Posted on July 10th 2008 by Whiddler
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Don't put yourself down, Whiddler- there's plenty of people here willing to do that for you!
# Posted on July 10th 2008 by de Selby
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By the way, the habit of desserting the metropolis of Miltown for outlying sessions has been going on for at least 20 years. Mullagh was always reputed to be the place where the quality h
# Posted on July 10th 2008 by de Selby
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-ung out.
# Posted on July 10th 2008 by de Selby
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no, i've not been there for 14 years. I don't know how that has happened. One day it was 1994 the next it was 2008. I don't think the people's kitchen was there last time I was there actually, a pity cos it was always a great place (beyond the pub) to escape the p*ssing rain.
# Posted on July 10th 2008 by pavlf
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"By the way, the habit of desserting the metropolis of Miltown for outlying sessions has been going on for at least 20 years. Mullagh was always reputed to be the place where the quality hung out."
Inevitably, in the space of 20 years, the word is going to get around. The pubs in Mullagh have been packed out the last few times I've been there. A couple of the pubs have closed down in recent years, so there aren't as many places for people to go. Further out still, one of the two pubs in Coore closed a few years ago.
"Is the 'people's kitchen' still there?"
I'm not telling you.
# Posted on July 10th 2008 by granama
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I know people have been going to Daly, McCarthy's (and while they were still there Gleeson's. Looney's) or Mullagh, Ennistymon or St Bridget's Well, to escape the 'riff raff' but in the past you could always find some half decent music somewhere in Miltown, or just any music at all.. During the past four years or so even that seemed to have stopped with many pubs not having anything but drinkers in them.
And 'where the quality hang out' for fecksake., I hope that was meant in an ironic sense.
# Posted on July 10th 2008 by kilfarboy
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... 'the habit of desserting [sic] the metropolis of Miltown' just proves that Andy had it so right many years ago with 'in the sweet Miltown Malbay, it's there I'd love to be'!
# Posted on July 10th 2008 by Floss the Tethers
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I just got a txt from a friend of mine who is there with some other friends and they reckon its great craic - they would be hanging out at mullugh and coore etc.
# Posted on July 11th 2008 by bb
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SSHH!! You're not sposter tell everyone, BB!
# Posted on July 11th 2008 by granama
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Don't worry Kilfaboy, I'm sure my comment about "quality" wasn't aimed at you, fer fecksake!
# Posted on July 12th 2008 by de Selby