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We are both dedicated to the
promotion of all things Irish. MUSIC, CULTURE, and HISTORY. Below is Celia's All Ireland Championship Award. Celia won the
Corn Uí Riada in 1999
The premier award for sean-nós singing.
Currently Celia is recording
a full length sean-nós CD. To be released by a record label back in Ireland. A few pictures from a few years back....
Click on video below to hear a never before released
song from one of Marc's past bands.
Below is Marc and Celia on their way to Roundstone,
county Galway.
(Roundstone (Irish: Cloch na Rón meaning "Seal's Rock") is a village in
Connemara, County Galway, Ireland, located on the west coast
of Ireland. The town of Clifden, is nearby to the north. The anglicised name is an error on the part of the British colonial Ordnance Survey who translated the village name; while Cloch certainly means Stone or Rock, Rón means Seal, not Round. Still, according to Tim Robinson (in Connemara - Listening to the Wind, 2006) the names Cloch
na Rón and Roundstone may be totally independent. The bay is referred to as Round-stone Haven as early as 1684 (Roderick
O'Flaherty), and the rock after which it is named stands like a marker at the entrance and is strikingly round. The village
has a thriving centre for designer/makers.) Below is when three ladies came across
us, when we were on our way to visit, "Our lady of Knock" Co. Mayo
The Story of Knock began
on the 21st August 1879 when Our Lady, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared at the south gable of Knock Parish
Church. The apparition was witnessed by fifteen people, young and old. From this miraculous occurrence Knock has grown to
the status of an internationally recognised Marian Shrine. The personal pilgrimage of Pope John
Paul II in 1979, commemorating the centenary of the apparition, inspired an even greater devotion to the Shrine and endorsed
the indelible seal of Vatican approval. Mother Teresa of Calcutta visited the Shrine in June of 1993. One and a half million
pilgrims visit the Shrine annually.
Below is a picture of "our lady's, first time
on stage".....she actually was in the car seat in between us while we played...rocking..back and forth all the while..... Below is a picture of:
Near Roundstone, Ireland,
County Galway. Below is a picture of downtown Galway City.
Off in the distance (below), you can see the Aran
Islands.
Off the West Coast of Galway. The picture below is downtown Dalkey, a suburb of Dublin,
Ireland
@ the Guiness Brewery in Dublin Dublin from on top of the Guiness Brewery.
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