On Friday evening the sky was surprisingly clear as we watched the full moon rise high over Galway Bay. What a picture! We then headed out to see Mary Custy play her fiddle at the famous Galway music venue, The Roshin Dubh. Mary is the daughter of the famous Irish musician and educator, Frank Custy. Mary has her own band, The Mary Custy Band, but on this occasion we filmed her playing with another group, Bushplant, whom she plays with there on a monthly basis. The bandleader, Gerry Molloy, is a singer/songwriter who looks like a wizard on stage. It is a very loud band, so I couldn't hear all of his lyrics but I loved his passionate delivery of the songs. I had time to talk with several of the people there, all very friendly and interesting folk having a great night out.
On the Saturday morning, we headed out for the Burren, near Ennis, along the back roads and through lovely little seaside towns from Co. Galway to Co. Clare. We invited Mary Custy to meet up with us, so that we could have more time to talk with her, particularly about the Burren, her favorite place in the world. She told us how the locals got together to challenge the government over development plans for the area and won! |
