Albert Mooney say he loves her

[jawnbc]

Dear Dr. jawnbc:

At our meeting yesterday we accepted your paper and look forward to meeting you in July.


So I'm definately off to Belfast in July. May try to nip off to Donegal the weekend before, and somewhere on the continent (Slovenia maybe?) the weekend arfter.

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[jawnbc]

am now thinking Gaillimh. Have always been infatuated with Donegal, but there's no specific where to really go. And I can't be arsed to hire a car (at least not for all the time).

I figure Galway will be fun, a bit quare, and more Oirish than Dubhlin. Where da fook is Gortahork and who da fook is Cathy wassername?

[danbearnyc.livejournal.com]

Cathal O'Searcaigh is the leading queer Irish language poet. Come to think of it, he's the only queer Irish language poet. He lives in Gortahook, up in the far west coast, deep in the center of the Donegal Gaeltacht.

Donegal does require a car, as there's no real center to the county. There's exquisite scenery and there're some important ruins just outside of Derry, but it's the sort of place you drive, drive, drive to visit, unless you plop yourself in someplace like Glencolumbcille for the language school and the religious pilgrimage.

There are (or were) no out gay bars in Galway, but there places one goes. Tigh Neachtain (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g186609-d523047-Reviews-Tigh_Neachtain_Naughton_s_Pub_b-Galway_County_Galway.html) is an historic pub in the town center, just across from Kenney's book store, and is the leading fagelah bar in town.

Of course it's too bad you're not there now (http://www.irelandwest.ie/individual_results.asp?sID=69398).