Após nossa noite de quinta-feira da refeição a conta e eu encontramo-nos com duas mulheres de Dublin que compartilhou de uma pinta com nós e whisked então nos fora da barra do Temple e a um de seu favorito, hangouts “non touristy” por quase quatro horas de pintas adicionais e do banter cheerful. One of the women was a sports journalist, and the four of us discussed the novelty of the uniformly amateur athletes in Ireland. We also discussed the common corruption our respective nations know in their politicians.

Music is another staple of Irish life. In an era when so many westerners are consuming their songs on line, the Irish hold on to the quaint trait of purchasing theirs in old fashioned record stores. I’ve seen a dozen such stores if I’ve seen one in Dublin. There are as well scores of shops selling musical instruments - seemingly on every corner. I’m at a loss to identify a single such store of note in D.C.

Of their notes, the Irish are peculiar in their passion for Mr. Johnny Cash. His image and his songs are everywhere here. The live acts playing traditional Irish music will interrupt their sets to play Cash tracks. Johnny’s brother is touring Ireland this month, playing his brother’s songs with a band, and a ticket apparently isn’t to be had. I’ve heard much more Cash here than U2.

You know else has the gift of gab? Bruce Boudreau. His nickname is “Gabby,” Tim Leone told me. While I’m not terribly eager to return home, I am eager to hear Gabby hold court on hockey. The man can talk hockey. I’m anxious to hear what he has to say back at Verizon Center next week.

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3 Comments

  1. jdug wrote:

    If you have time while your in Dublin. there is a tour of Kilmanim (spelling?) jail that is worth an hour away from the Temple Bar District. It is where all the political prisoners were sent after the 1916 Easter Day Uprising. Great tour, terrible place. Enjoy.

    Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 3:30 pm | Permalink
  2. Dan, Jr. wrote:

    Are you going to catch a hockey game while in Ireland? Talked to any of the locals about the legendary Theo Fleury - NHL player…turned EILH player…turned concrete contracter…turned Color Comentater for Calgary(?).
    Per Wikipedia - “Fleury signed for the 2005-06 season with the Belfast Giants of the British Elite Ice Hockey League, and made a stellar debut on October 15, 2005 against Edinburgh Capitals scoring a hat-trick, gaining 4 assists, and fighting Fredrik Oduya which led to him being named man of the match. Although he helped the Giants to the league championship, he was involved in several incidents including one game in which he attempted to climb out of the penalty box in order to reach a Coventry Blaze fan who had taunted him, and threatened match officials as a result of frustrating officiating.[6] Following a particularly frustrating encounter with a British ice hockey official (in which the referee got disciplined as a result of his actions)[citation needed], Fleury, clearly enraged, stated in a press conference after the game, that he would not return to the league for the next season, citing the poor standard of officiating in the EIHL.”
    …..So that’s where our NHL officials are coming from these days?

    Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 5:19 pm | Permalink
  3. Gustafsson wrote:

    pucksandbooks is in the Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland. Although Dublin is not terribly far from Belfast, I don’t think he was traveling that far north.

    Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 11:45 pm | Permalink

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