Rural pubs in Ireland closing

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (dewey77) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:51:09 GMT

Gypsy wrote:
I've done that all my life, dewey, which accounts for why I have to be a tad more sensible now..... Besides, I've got a lot of irons in the fire right now and I LOVE some of the stuff I am doing... makes moderation somewhat easier.

So I should reassure my Mom that there is hope for me yet?

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (elliegal) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:35:19 GMT

Love it, Oak!!

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (oakarina) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:18:13 GMT

Finally remembered a great quote from the last time I was in Ireland with my birth family. When we landed, in a teeming rainstorm, my mother asked a local official, "Does it always rain like this?"
"Ah," said he,"The rain,.. 'Tis just like the people. Ya can't trust it a bit."

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (oakarina) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:56:01 GMT

Just keep singing the song, Gyps. "If you ever go across the sea to Ireland, then maybe at the closing of each day, you will sit and watch the sun set over Claddaugh, and watch the sun go down in Galway Bay.

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (Gypsy) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:52:21 GMT

I've done that all my life, dewey, which accounts for why I have to be a tad more sensible now..... Besides, I've got a lot of irons in the fire right now and I LOVE some of the stuff I am doing... makes moderation somewhat easier.

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (dewey77) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:49:17 GMT

They say, "Life sucks and then you die", so I say just go for it and worry about the rest when your dead.

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (Gypsy) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:43:03 GMT

Rats.

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (dewey77) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:41:04 GMT

Money and time.

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (Gypsy) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:39:08 GMT

I've got my passport, my driver's license, my BC student ID, my library cards (Sawyer Free and Boston), and my Stop and Shop card --- what else do I need?

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (Sigurdr) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:32:22 GMT

You can get an Aer Lingus flight to Dublin from Boston in May for about $650 round trip, but i am sure as dew said it will go up for the summer.

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (oakarina) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:31:56 GMT

Let's go. But nowadays, with new airport security regs., you have to have 2 valid ID's to clear the US airports, and be allowed to board the plane, your passport and your recently updated driving license, acc to new regs.and with photo. Was on tv this am. Ch 5, I think. I'm game for May. Could be even warmer than here, in Ireland's temperate climate, in the 50's, 60's, rather than...

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (Agent99) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:31:12 GMT

Here you go Ellie, Aer Lingus Boston to Shannon in May $269....not bad!

http://www.aerlingus.com/cgi-bin/obel01im1/bookonline/index.jsp?campid=aer_lingus_gus&se=ppc ahh! what a tease they are showing one way prices first!

Oak, sorry I couldn't find the hotel you described. I'm stumped. If it was downtown Killarney, the only one I...

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (dewey77) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:23:43 GMT

Don't know - I don't follow the rates anymore, but the airlines occasionally have sales that could get you a rt tix for $298 plus tax if you travel prior to peak season. In season the rate jumps way up, then drops again in the Fall.

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (elliegal) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:16:09 GMT

What are the going rates for those tix, Dew?

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (dewey77) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:41:25 GMT

We could rendezvous with Oak and Gyps in Kinsale.

Now THAT would be a trip!

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (leftwingnut) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:34:19 GMT

Let's go, Dewey! Let's grab Ellie and hit the ol' Eire...

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (dewey77) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:25:13 GMT

Gyps, there are great fly/drive deals. One advantage is that the flights from Boston depart in the evening and arrive early the next morning (Aer Lingus 7 p.m. dep. - 6 a.m. arr.) giving you a full first day. Just hop in your rental car and you're on your way!

Just remember to stay left.

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (Gypsy) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:09:50 GMT

Let's go, oak. My sister lives in a little town outside of Kinsale where there is a great pub. We'll just turn up on her doorstep. She'll be thrilled.

Re: Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (dewey77) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:00:32 GMT

Oak, it's only a 5 hour flight. An easy long-weekend getaway.

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feeds@yuku.com (oakarina) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:45:59 GMT

It's a good 40 yrs ago, but I remember the hotel being in a town center, rather than the beautiful pastoral setting shown. You are so kind to provide such a sumptuous link. And only 8 doable hrs away from Logan., "across the sea to Ireland."

Rural pubs in Ireland closing

feeds@yuku.com (oakarina) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:40:39 GMT

"Pubs fall victim to Ireland's growing affluence." from boston.com, 4/27/08 via Wed.'s Wash Post, by Mary Jordan. Connolley, Ireland
For generations Carney's, the only pub in this tiny village in western Ireland, had been the place to strike up a romance, celebrate a birth, mourn a death, or just sip a pint of Guinness among friends on a damp day. When Carney's shut down...