If anyone will be in the west of Ireland in the next couple of weeks and would like to see me, please e-mail to let me know and we’ll try to arrange something.
I’ll be visiting Steve at Shannaquay again and I know I’ll spend a good portion of time in Clare and Galway, but other than that, the trip is wide open and unplanned.
You lucky girl! 
Hey Jessie I’ll be in Ireland at my house with Tony Hinnigan and our wives from 29th july to 5th august,if you can get down to Cahersiveen in Co Kerry,we’ll have a few tunes.I do have a mobile there but I don’t remmember the number so if you go to the east end bar in the village and ask Noreen or John where I am she’ll look after you.The place is beautiful and the crack in good,you won’t be dissapointed.By the way Tony is the one who played whistle on the Celine Dion (Titanic) single.Noreen also does B&B.So hope to see ya soon.
All the best
Phil.
PS Cahersiveen is on the end of the Iveragh peninsular south of Dingle bay.
Jesse,
Have a great time. 
It’s not Irish green I’m smilin’, rather I’m green with envy.
So console my spirit with a tune or two on a cliff, or Tor, or just some blokes down the pub…
I know you’ll …
Me too. Have a great time.
Buy me a ticket so I can go with you 
Have a great time. And don’t forget to repatriate one of those Serp jobbies from Shannaquay to the US!
Hey Jessie, if this computer stays connected for a few more minutes I will pm you my cell number, in case you’d like to try to meet.
They’ve locked you up have they?
LOL! I am so used to people refering to their “cells” for cell phones that it took me a second to get that one. hehehehe.
Me, too! I think they call them “wireless” over there.
They are mobile phones actually , loads of old people in Clare though refer to the radio as the ‘wireless’ [‘I am after hearing you play on the wireless’ I was told recently].
Ah, it is good to see you posting JessieK, have a fun time in Ireland.
MarkB
Whaw! I’m going to Cahersiveen on July 30! Hope to meet some of you there.
Wilfried
Mobiles here too, and old folks still talk of the wireless. When I first heard of a cell phone I had know idea what my friend was talking about.
In Belgium they’re GSMs, and in at least some parts of Switzerland they’re “Natels”, which causes great puzzlement a few km away in France.
Mind you, I’m never too sure what to call them in Ireland, though I think “mobile” is the standard term.
I had a colleague from the border area adjoining South Armagh, who, at the height of the “troubles” alarmed me by talking about her mother’s “automatic”. Turned out she was referring to a (laundry) washing machine.
Handy it is in Germany… I usually confuse people as I use mobile and then have to explain why Handy sounds silly to me. Handtelefon short form Handy makes it sound English though
Jessie, enjoy Ireland!!!
Brigitte
I take it your avatar is a circular-breathing cat, Brigitte. 
Roger, that’s a much more civilized take than the one I had!
~Larry
I love that Avatar Brigitte!
Loren