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Thread #120011 Message #2610148
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
13-Apr-09 - 10:05 AM
Thread Name: Dingle Peninsula-best places for music & sights?
Subject: RE: Dingle Peninsula-best places for music & sights?
On my trip to Ireland, I found that a good way to locate traditioal music was to ask at the desk of my lodging. Sometimes the innkeeper has to check with someone else, so don't ask at the last minute.
'Traditional' seems to be the favored term. In Bantry, the hotel owner turned to a waitress and asked, 'Is there traditional tonight?'
Once we were in a small Scottish town and saw a flyer for a fine festival in the window of the youth hostel. We drove 125 miles to the festival and amazed the other guests at our B&B.
These events were 5 to 10 years ago. Traditional music may be better publicized now, but I rather doubt it.