We just came back from our second music showcase up in Ennis, Co Clare, home town of former Mr. Irish Fest PJ Cullinan, to whose memory multiple pints were drained by the KC delegates. An amazing night of music again. Because it's late and I'm tired and I have a bus to catch and a hotel to check out of in about 7 hours, I won't go into all my extensive (and I do have them) reviews just yet. I'm sorry. I feel like a sucky blogger here at this most important event, but honestly, it can't be helped. Our days and nights are packed. I promise, when I get back to America, a full and comprehensive report will be coming.
We're off to Galway, one of my favorite towns in the world, tomorrow. Expect another worthless, non-informational post from there.
Here's a funny thing: In Galway our conference of 74 North American Irish festival promoters merge with something like 300 Irish Irish festival promoters, members of AOIFE. We'll be attending their annual conference. I judged their graphic design competition yesterday. Anyway, the funny thing is that last night in the pub, a friend of mine from the Dublin (Ohio) Irish Fest says "Hey, I see you're a speaker at the AOIFE conference" and I says "no, I'm not" and she says "well, you're on the schedule" and I look and damned if I'm not. So I talk to Colm Croffy of AOIFE and I say "WTF Colm, were you not going to mention that I had to address 374 people about creative marketing or whatever the feck you have me down for" and he says "sure, Dan you'll be grand" and so now I have to figure what I'm going to say to all these people.
I welcome your suggestions. I have a day and a half to prepare.
Good night. See yiz in Galway.
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re you using this terrible name to describe my home town of Limerick?
Tell them all to blog, Dan. It sure seems to work for you! Sure, you'll be grand!
Hello Dan. I do hope that your title "Update from Stab City " is not a reference to Limerick my adopted home town.
Its akin to me suggesting that you are an alcoholic, red haired leprechaun that lives in hee haw kansas,married to your sister,who goes around muttering begorrah begorrah and feck all day.
See how the streotyping hurts!
Hi Dan
I spotted a link to your site on Facebook and I thought I'd check it out. I must say that it's great that you and you Yank friends are over in Ireland drinking loads of Guinness and, no doubt, eating loads of food. I'd just like to point out that we no longer refer to Limerick city as Stab City anymore. The use of knives to do away with people has been replaced by guns and the like. So, you and your friends should feel more at home here. Also, if you see pale, underpoverished youths roaming the streets, please don't be alarmed. It's not lack of food that's made them that way, but an addiction to heroin. Please enjoy the rest of your stay and continue eating cockels and mussels and drinking pints of porters and leaving your Yankee dollars in greasy Irish tills. I would also hope that you have a safe return to the States and advise you not to take too many Neurofen Plus before boarding the 'plane. Cheers!
My apologies to all Limerickers. We had a wonderful time in your beautiful city and none of us were stabbed, shot or otherwise molested even once. I have corrected the title of the post.
Easy on the sarcasm, Dan. All I asked for was normal courtesy. You haven't corrected the url. It says the same thing.
I suppose it would have been very hard to simply say Update from Limerick?
Did you have a good time in our town? Were the locals welcoming to you?
Well, now you've gone too far. I wouldn't say it's the lovliest town in Ireland or the world. But I understand why you did it. How was your speech?
I've heard great things about the Irish Fest in Kansas City, from Limerick people no less. I just hope lots of folk in Kansas aren't gullible enough to fall for the Stab City reference....
You are obviously a completly mad person, so I recommend you change your underwear and go to bed nom!
Hi Bock. I'd change the URL if I knew how, but my tech skills are sadly limited. I truly meant no disrespect and sincerely apologize for any offense. Limerick was lovely, the locals were friendly and fantastic, especially Mick Leonard at The Still House on O'Connell Street who treated us like regulars.
I think Limerick must have lost it's sense of humour with all the knifes in town...
I don't know, have you seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UctfYwCpqMM was it you that posted it?
I completely understand the sensitivity but in Dans defense, many of the locals we met whom im now lucky enough to call friends, referred to the city that way. They told us about the history and how they got that nickname, i think because they were so casual and light hearted about it, I for one didnt realize how sensitive it is to say. I get it though and echo dans sentiment, we LOVED Limerick! One of my favorite nights was with Alan, Leo, Mick, Paddy and all the great friends at The Still House in Limerick!
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