The sights and sounds contained in this video featuring the Cliffs of Moher are all the proof I need that Irish traditional music came out of Ireland’s landscape, as though it once grew there wild, just waiting for some musically inclined ancient Celt to pluck it from the rocky shoreline and share it with the world! For me, watching this video today has eased some of my apprehension over the likely challenges of making the journey in three weeks across the Atlantic alone with my 9-year-old son to our cottage. Also, the music and the magnificent sites have inspired me to begin to tackle some essential tasks, which I must carry out, between now and the day of our departure on June 20th. Wish me luck, I’m going to need it!
If you are so inclined, you may go to the link provided in the video to vote for the Cliffs of Moher in the third, and last, phase of an online campaign for the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
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June 1, 2011 at 8:13 am
lifeonthecutoff
Breathtaking!
Your words of how Ireland’s music grew out of its landscape is poetic, Janet, and tugged at my heart a wee bit. This will have my vote.
Wow! Can it really be another year has gone past and you are once again headed for the cottage? (Can it really be that Eoin is 9?) Good luck in your preparations and thanks for this beautiful video.
June 1, 2011 at 12:17 pm
bloggingfromthebog
Yes the time to go back is nearly here. This time it’s just Eoin and me going with Declan joining us for the last 2 weeks which makes the trip over and the whole first couple of days a bit daunting. But I am looking forward to being there and this video reminded me why! By the way, this short post and video gave me a lot of trouble for some reason and I had to delete it, then repost it and then correct several mistakes once it was posted! So much for short and sweet.
Last month Eoin turned 9 and Anton, 29. Everyone is getting older except me! 🙂
June 10, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Cindy
That video of The Cliffs of Moher is fantastic! I love Celtic music, castles, the sea, the green, green hills! Good luck on your trip and I look forward to reading about your adventures! I also wanted to thank you for visiting my blog and your comments from yesterday! Have fun!
June 10, 2011 at 10:11 pm
bloggingfromthebog
Thank you Cindy for stopping by the bog blog and for your post on Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s book “Gift from the Sea”! I picked up a copy today to bring along to Kilkee, it seems a perfect companion for my morning tea or mocha by the sea at Diamond Rocks Cafe!
June 16, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Declan
Wish I could be at Diamond Rocks now
June 16, 2011 at 11:06 pm
bloggingfromthebog
Well, at least you have something to look forward to this summer!
June 26, 2011 at 1:53 pm
Anthony
I really hope the cliffs get the New 7 Wonders of Nature.