Friday, July 24, 2009

Thing 13: Ireland and the 'Reel Musicians' of O'Flaherty's Pub / Ireland Tour

OK, so YouTube is definitely a trip.

I'm actually looking forward to doing a program at the library in September about 'viral videos' ... a phenomenon that surely would not exist were it not for this bizarre, entertaining, and sometimes educational website/consolidator.

I will say that loading up large clips can sometimes overtax your modem and/or your router. On more than one occasion we have had to reset the electronics in order to get a clip up without a hitch. But it's still fairly straightforward.

I haven't added any of my own productions to the site yet, though a few are on the way soon, but here are links to some YouTube posts of videos shot by Winnie and I in Ireland in May of 2006.

The first one is a few minutes fo footage of folks laying down some wonderful traditional Irish music at a pub called O'Flaherty's in the peninsula of Dingle. Great stuff!

The second offers some shots from all over the mid-Western coast of the Emerald Isle. Enjoy!



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