Home Based Travel Agent - June 2008 - (Page 30) Ireland FOR THE TRAVELER Ireland’s Pastoral Regions Music, spectacular scenery and ancient sites fill an economical itinerary BY KATHLEEN M. MANGAN Ireland’s scenic Beara Peninsula Music streams out of O’Connor’s Bar in the center of Killarney, Ireland, every time the door opens onto the sidewalk, with lively jigs and reels beckoning to passersby. Inside the dark pub, talented locals line the bench seats in one corner, instruments in hand. They join in the music at different times as the sound of the piece intensifies and picks up in pace. The fiddles take the lead, and a button accordion, flute and guitar add to the musical merriment. The crowd is mesmerized by this blazing pickup performance, every foot in the place tapping the Celtic beat. This informal musical gathering is called a “session,” and can be heard in pubs on any given night across the southwest re30 gion of County Kerry. The surprise is seeing which musicians turn up and how they play off one another.The delight is that live music is available for the listening and foot tapping every night, and at no charge. Free musical entertainment is just one of the unique cultural experiences to be had in Kerry at no cost. By day, some of the most spectacular seascapes and mountain vistas in all of Europe lie quietly waiting to astonish visitors, either on scenic drives or walking trails. Along the way are ancient castles, ring forts and stone monoliths ready to impress tourists with up to 6,000 years of history and folklore. All of this is free for those with the curiosity and time to investigate, making for an afford- Musical Accompaniment Kerry offers some of the best music in Ireland, as playing an instrument is ingrained Home-BasedTravelAgent JUNE 2 0 0 8 PHOTO BY TOURISM IRELAND able and memorable vacation. The number of options is also remarkable.Three peninsulas jut dramatically into the Atlantic Ocean, offering scenic drives: the Dingle Peninsula, the Beara Peninsula and the famous Ring of Kerry on the Iveragh Peninsula. Killarney National Park and the Walking Loop system offer many well-marked walking trails in the region. And every night during the summer and fall, there are more than a handful of pubs offering live traditional music in both Killarney and Dingle Town.
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