Sometimes, just sometimes, something very special crosses your path and last Saturday and Sunday 5/6th. April were very special days. First off, on Saturday 5th. the mighty Munster Rugby played the ex-munster superstar, Ronan O’Gara’s “La Rochelle” and came away with a famous win. It was one of those classic Munster days in knock-out rugby, much to the delight of many thousands of travelling fans and also to the hundreds of thousands watching on TV like me in Marrinan’s in Kilkee. The highlights video is embedded below but as always, after what he called a “special day” in La Rochelle on Saturday, Munster’s head of rugby operations Ian Costello said the province are targeting three more such occasions in the Investec Champions Cup this season.
Later that evening while chilling after the spectacular Munster result I was fortunate to watch another TV classic masterpiece by Tommy Tiernan on “The Tommy Tiernan Show”. This was Public Broadcasting at it’s very best and worth every penny of the annual licence fee. Link to the full show below. Fortunately for me, the show featured three really superb Irish artists from the music scene, the comedy circuit and certainly one of Irelands greatest contemporary composers. The line-up, were Leo Moran & Davy Carton from the Saw Doctors, a most amazing Irish comedian, Kyla Cobbler & incredible composer Bill Whelan (Riverdance) joined Tommy. Tommy’s show is a rather unusal concept in that, he has no clue as to who will be appearing on the show, so it’s off the cuff stuff which can sometimes be really amazing.
Davy Carton and Leo Moran were a huge highlight. Two of the most talented and gracious human beings to have ever come out of this little Island of Ireland but the truly amazing part of Tommy’s show was the Saw Doctors rendition of their haunting song “Same Aul’d Town” accompinied by the RTE Concert Orchestra. It was mesmerising and the Saw Doctors themselves were obviously moved by the whole occassion. You’ll have to watch the full show in the link below to appreciate the performane fully. This video is a snippet of the full performance.
The link to the full Tommy Tiernan Show 5th. April 2025.
Opening up the mobile Home in Kilkee is always a special time of the year and the weekend of Saturday and Sunday 5/6th. April was just that. A stunningly beautiful day, a great rugby victory for Munster Rugby, a magnificent sunset on Moore Bay that evening and the most incredible sauna from Inis Cealtra Sauna _ Saunafy, Heat Me Happy on another beautiful Sunday morning at Kilkee Pier
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Happy April:
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