Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi
Wild Atlantic Way North, Ireland
Season 7 Episode 701 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
Mickela explores the rugged Wild Atlantic Way North coastline of the Republic of Ireland.
Mickela goes back to one of her favorite countries in the world, the Republic of Ireland, but explores an entirely new region to her – the Wild Atlantic Way North coast of the island! From making music with the world-renowned Irish band Kíla outside of Sligo to jumping in a trad session on fiddle in Donegal, Mickela gets a view into the hidden gem of Ireland!
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Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi
Wild Atlantic Way North, Ireland
Season 7 Episode 701 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
Mickela goes back to one of her favorite countries in the world, the Republic of Ireland, but explores an entirely new region to her – the Wild Atlantic Way North coast of the island! From making music with the world-renowned Irish band Kíla outside of Sligo to jumping in a trad session on fiddle in Donegal, Mickela gets a view into the hidden gem of Ireland!
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Nailed it.
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♪ I'm Mikela Mallozzi, and this is "Bare Feet."
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Announcer: The island of Ireland.
You should always listen to your heart.
♪ Fill your heart with Ireland.
♪ Mallozzi: Failte Ireland.
Welcome to the island of Ireland.
I've been drawn to this country for the past 15 years because of its beautiful landscapes, its rich history, its vibrant culture, its beautiful music and dance traditions, and, of course, its people.
To kick off this season of "Bare Feet," it only seems fitting to go back to one of my favorite places in the world but explore part of it I've never been to before.
The Wild Atlantic Way is a 1,500-mile driving route that spans the entire west coast of Ireland, from the bottom at Kinsale in County Cork to the very top at Malin Head in County Donegal.
On this "Bare Feet" adventure, I'm ready to explore the hidden gems of Ireland along the Wild Atlantic Way North.
My team and I make our way into Shannon Airport, the gateway to the Wild Atlantic Way.
From here, we head north to County Leitrim to meet with the arts community that has been flocking to this area for years.
Brendan... Brendan: Yes?
Mallozzi: I am here at the Glens Art Centre.
It is beautiful.
Brendan: I'm glad you like it.
It started 30 years ago next year.
It was ahead of its time in terms of its planning, what they wanted to achieve, and there's an amazing cohort of artists of all disciplines here, from visual artists to musicians to poets to writers.
At the last census, there were more artists living in County Leitrim per capita than any other county.
Mallozzi: Wow.
Brendan: Yeah.
Now, it's the smallest population in Ireland, but still... Mallozzi: This is my first time coming in this part of the country.
There's the storytelling, you know, with the language and the arts.
Brendan: Everybody is a storyteller around here, you know, but everybody has a story, but it's how you tell them.
♪ Mallozzi: Today I am lucky enough to meet with Kila, one of the most famous and most innovative Irish world music bands.
Its members come from various musical backgrounds, including rock, Irish trad, and more.
♪ Rossa O Snodaigh, one of its founding members, invited me to come and play with Kila here at the Glen Centre.
♪ O Snodaigh: The Irish people are very welcoming, very-- We love the craic, and we love having fun and having kind of play interaction.
♪ Mallozzi: Formed back in the late 1980s, they were one of the first bands of its kind with original songs sung in Gaelic, the Irish language.
O Snodaigh: When we started, you know, people were saying, "Oh, why don't you sing in English?"
and I was going, "Because, you know, "everyone else is singing in English, and we have a language," and, you know, a cultural response to the anglicization of the country.
♪ Mallozzi: What does "Kila" mean?
O Snodaigh: It doesn't actually mean anything, but we found meanings for it in all sorts of other languages, seems to mean all sorts of funny things... Mallozzi: Mm.
O Snodaigh: and I wouldn't be able to say some of them on PBS... Mallozzi: That's OK. We'll keep it kosher.
Brendan: but twinkle in Japanese.
Mallozzi: What I love is the traditions of Irish music, but then you have a drum kit.
O Snodaigh: The idea was, you know, you have a coloring book, and if everyone colors it the same, it's kind of going to be not that interesting.
♪ Something like that.
Yeah.
♪ Keep going.
Mallozzi: ♪ Tick-a-da da-ka-da da-ka-da da-ka-da ♪ ♪ Ee ga da-- ♪ I mean-- Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Brendan: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You have it.
You're just overdoing it.
Just--just wave.
Just wave.
♪ [Whistling] ♪ Mallozzi: You're on the board of the Glens Arts Center.
Brendan: I am, yeah.
There was a notion that you can only get the art in the big cities, but with all these small art centers, now you can get a lot more.
You have to keep creating opportunities for people to meet up.
♪ Mallozzi: Uilleann pipes, this is one of the most traditional instruments, iconic instruments of Ireland.
Man: Yeah.
Well, the first thing, "uillinn" is the Irish word for elbow, and you use your elbows to play, so you fill up a bag, and then you squeeze the bag, and the sound goes out through the instrument.
You play your melody on this, which is called a chanter... ♪ and then the other part of the instrument here is, the drones and regulators kind of hum underneath the melody, and then with the heel of your hand, you play some chords, or if you have a spare thumb, while they're you're playing a tune.
♪ The uilleann pipes are really, really advanced and sophisticated form of bagpipes.
Mallozzi: It's probably one of the hardest instruments to learn.
Let's be real.
Man: That's said, like, I feel like I haven't stopped learning.
You know, you're always learning and keeping on top of it.
♪ Now you're going to fill the bag right up, like, big, big swings of the bellows.
Go.
Yeah.
Go.
Yeah.
Mallozzi: Yeah?
Man: Keep going.
Keep going.
Mallozzi: OK. Man: I'll give you a little bit of help.
Mallozzi: Thank you.
Man: Keep going.
♪ Mallozzi: Ah!
Man: Whoo hoo!
Different man: Now move.
♪ Mallozzi: There is a beautiful sense of joy and play with the members of Kila, and, even though I was struggling to make a sound from the uilleann pipes, the boys still improvised along to create some magical music together.
♪ Ah!
♪ O Snodaigh: The big thing with Ireland is, we detest formality.
You're playing music, and what you're doing is, you're creating an atmosphere where everyone can feel comfortable, and it's a really special thing.
♪ Man: Oh!
Mallozzi: Yaah!
Holy cow.
My next stop takes me 30 minutes west to Sligo, a quaint coastal town known for its seafood, especially its oysters.
♪ I meet with Aisling Kelly Hunter, co-owner of the Sligo Oyster Experience and its home--WB's Coffee House.
I'm here to get a taste of these world-famous oysters.
Hunter: "Sligo" comes from the Gaelic name Sligeach, which means abounding in shells or shelly place, so over 6,000 years ago, the reason people actually settled here was, there was an abundance of seafood, shellfish.
Oyster farming started in 1856... Mallozzi: Mm-hmm.
Hunter: and they used to ship oysters from Sligo Bay directly to London, so Harrods of London... Mallozzi: Yeah?
Hunter: was eating Sligo oysters.
Mallozzi: Wow.
Hunter: I know.
Mallozzi: Oh, my gosh.
Hunter: It's amazing.
We've the perfect growing conditions-- cool temperatures, the water is cool... Mallozzi: It's beautiful.
Hunter: but it takes 3 years to grow one oyster before we serve them.
Mallozzi: Wow.
We're here in Queen Maeve Square, and what's beautiful is-- going to the bay is a bit of a hike; you have your cafe; you have the oyster shop-- you get to have them right here in Sligo town right here.
Hunter: Yeah, absolutely.
Mallozzi: Yeah.
Hunter: We wanted to bring really good food that's local so you don't have to go to the farm.
You can come right here to Sligo Town and enjoy them.
♪ Mallozzi: Mm mm.
This is beautiful.
This is beautiful.
Hunter: It is.
Mallozzi: Oh, my gosh.
Aisling then takes me to the source of their delicious oysters-- Sligo Bay.
There, we meet up with her husband Glenn, who manages their oyster farming process.
♪ So this is usually all underwater, right?
Glenn: Yeah.
Usually, the water is about...this high, roughly this height at high tide... Mallozzi: Wow.
Glenn: so, um, yeah, tide'll be in in about two hours.
Mallozzi: So we got to get to work.
Glenn: We got to get to work, get all these bags... Mallozzi: Oh, OK. Glenn: turned, so just grab the bag there and start-- Mallozzi: Shaking it?
Glenn: Shake that over and back, yeah.
You want to get different-- Yeah.
Just mind the-- It's very sharp.
There's a lot of barnacles on there.
They're very sharp.
Mallozzi: OK.
I'll be careful.
Glenn: Usually in the middle.
Grab the bag in the middle.
♪ Mallozzi: And what is this doing?
♪ Glenn: That's the growth on the oyster.
Mallozzi: Right.
Glann: Each oyster is hitting off each other, which breaks off the growth.
You're looking for a deep-cup, teardrop-shaped oyster, which will give you a very good meat.
Mallozzi: Oh, my gosh.
Glenn: There you are.
Mallozzi: It's gorgeous.
This is the freshest oyster I've ever eaten in my entire life.
Glenn: Yeah, but you're not-- you're not allowed to eat it.
Ha ha ha!
Mallozzi: I'm not allowed to eat it?
Glenn: They have to be purified, really.
Mallozzi: Oh, really?
Glenn: Yeah, so-- Mallozzi: What do you have to-- Oh, to wash it.
Glenn: I can eat it because I'm used to it.
Mallozzi: OK. You go ahead, then.
Why?
Would I get sick?
♪ Glenn: Mm.
Mallozzi: Ha!
I want one.
I can't have one?
Glenn: They need to be purified yet.
They go into tanks for 48 hours.
Mallozzi: Oh, OK. All right.
Well-- Glenn: You might.
You mightn't.
That's not fun.
Mallozzi: No.
I don't want to chance it.
I don't want to chance it.
♪ How many baskets are there here?
Glenn: 70,000.
Mallozzi: 70,000.
Glenn: Yeah.
There's something wrong with us.
[Laughter] ♪ Mallozzi: But it takes you a month to get through all 70,000.
Glenn: We try and do it once a month.
Maybe it gets into two months sometimes but as much as we can.
♪ Mallozzi: This is such a special place.
What does it mean for you to come here every day and work out here?
Glenn: On a good day like this, it's beautiful.
Mallozzi: Stunning, but you have to come on a rainy day, too, huh?
Glenn: Yeah, but we're dressed for it.
We're working.
We don't mind.
It's cool.
Mallozzi: It's really cool.
Glenn: It's really cool.
It's different.
Mallozzi: Yeah.
It's amazing coming-- Glenn: You should come back in the wet when it's raining, then.
Mallozzi: No, thank you.
I'll just come to the cafe and have the oysters there.
Glenn: You go to Aisling, and she'll look after you.
Mallozzi: Yeah.
Yeah.
♪ From County Sligo, I make my way north into County Donegal, one of the most remote parts of Northwest Ireland.
♪ I head to Teac Jack in Glassagh.
"Teac Jack" means Jack's House, and it is a family-run pub, bed-and-breakfast and event space, and for over 50 years, owner Mary Nic Phaidin and musician Martin Duggan have been hosting a weekly ceilidh for the visitors and locals alike.
Nic Phaidin: Square again.
Square.
♪ Nic Phaidin: In 1963, it was Jack who built the original house here, who would have been my father-in-law.
Mallozzi: Oh, wow.
A ceilidh is sort of the grandfather of, I would say, square dancing, almost, right?
Nic Phaidin: Well, a lot of similarities in the dances, yeah.
A ceilidh really is a gathering of people-- you know, that's what it started as-- but eventually became a ceilidh dancing night.
Pace around.
Mallozzi: How many years have you been doing this ceilidh now?
Nic Phaidin: I had first ceilidh here in 1975.
Mallozzi: Wow.
Before I jump into the ceilidh, Mary along with Eileen, another local ceilidh dancer, give me a quick lesson in some of the basic steps.
Nic Phaidin: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Back, 2, 3, back 2, 3.
Mallozzi: 1, 2, 3, 4... Nic Phaidin Back, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Back, 2, 3, and back, 2, 3.
Mallozzi: But the first step is... back, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Yeah.
OK. Nic Phaidin 1, 2, 3, and 1, 2, 3.
Mallozzi: There we go.
Nic Phaidin: Yeah.
That's it... Mallozzi: That's the one I needed to get.
Nic Phaidin: and, really, that is the basic step for all ceilidh dances.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
1, 2, 3, and 1, 2, 3.
Back, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
1, 2, 3 and 1, 2, 3.
Mallozzi: Martin, where did you learn the accordion?
Duggan: You had an accordion at home.
My family was kind of musical, so my grandmother used to play the accordion.
Then my uncle was also a good accordion player.
♪ Mallozzi: How do you feel, Martin, when you're on stage and you see people, this room full of people, dancing to the music you're making?
That makes you feel good because you know you're making a lot of people happy by watching them dance.
♪ Nic Phaidin: Back and back to base.
Mallozzi: Martin provides the live music while Mary is the caller, directing the steps for each of the ceilidh dances so that everyone can follow along.
Nic Phaidin: 4 7s, no 3s.
7 again, the 7 again.
Up on the outside.
♪ Change.
Change the whole way round.
It's a lovely social evening.
People mix very well.
People talk.
The locals would make the visitors welcome and take them out to dance and all that, you know, and it makes everybody feel at home and wanted and happy, you know?
♪ Man: We're married 47 years, and we know each other for 51 years.
Thank you, God.
Woman: We met in college.
Man: It's been fun.
We met in college.
My wife fell in love with me, so I said, "OK." ♪ Mallozzi: What I love is, you dance together.
Man: Dancing is wonderful.
It's wonderful for your mental health, physical health, spiritual health.
We know all the moves.
Yeah.
Mallozzi: Yeah.
Man: I've taught her everything she knows.
Uh... ♪ You leave your problems outside the door.
You come in here and enjoy two hours, 3 hours of dancing.
Woman: I'm going to tell you... Mallozzi: Please.
Woman: that you are the first other woman... Mallozzi: Oh, no!
Woman: that he has danced with in years... Mallozzi: Really?
I have to say, when I approached you-- Woman: and only because you asked.
Man: Yes, actually.
[Laughter] ♪ Mallozzi: Eileen... Eileen: Yes?
Mallozzi: why do you come to this ceilidh?
Eileen: I come to the ceilidh to dance.
I love the music.
Mallozzi: Yeah?
Eileen: It really gets you going, and I love to meet the friends.
♪ Mallozzi: What does it mean to have this space and this weekly ceilidh for over 40 years?
Nic Phaidin: Well, it means a lot.
A lot of those dances that we still do here have come down from our ancestors, really.
We're still doing them, and I think it's a major part of our culture.
♪ Mallozzi: Hey!
Thank you.
Thank you.
Ah!
Ha ha!
♪ From Teac Jack, I continue north along the Wild Atlantic Way to the most northerly point in Donegal--Malin Head.
♪ I'm here to have an e-bike adventure with local guide Peter Mullan, but before we head out on our rugged adventure, I meet Peter at Nancy's Barn to fuel up on some award-winning fish chowder.
Mullan: Nancy's Barn is one of the most famous cafes here in Ballyliffin, very, very nice, and they do a wonderful chowder here.
You're going to have to have the chowder.
It's world-famous.
♪ Mallozzi: Thank you.
Mullan: Thank you very much.
♪ Mallozzi: Gorgeous.
Man: Enjoy.
♪ Mullan: Now... Mallozzi: Oh, that's beautiful.
Mullan: Fabulous.
Mallozzi: That's really-- That is award-winning chowder.
This is probably, like, the origins of the iconic Boston chowders, really, Irish chowder, right?
Mullan: It is.
Mallozzi: Yeah.
Mullan: That's exactly what it is.
I mean, when the Irish emigrated from here, they brought up a lot of those traditions with them.
Mallozzi: Yeah.
Well, Peter, this is absolutely delicious.
Thank you for bringing me here, and it's perfect to fuel up for our energy to be on the bikes.
Mullan: We're at the start of what's called the Wild Atlantic Way.
Mallozzi: Yes.
Mullan: It's not the Mild and Sunny Atlantic Way.
Mallozzi: Ha ha ha!
The Mild Atlantic Way.
Mullan: It's the Wild Atlantic Way.
Mallozzi: The opposite of it.
♪ Mullan: Ooh!
Oh, it's wild, Mikela.
Mallozzi: It is wild.
Mullan: The race is on.
Mallozzi: Ha ha ha!
♪ Watch out for single trees in the middle of fields here, Mikela.
Mallozzi: What does that mean?
Mullan: There's fairies about.
Mallozzi: No.
Mullan: Yes, Mikela... Mallozzi: What?
Mullan: and they'd love to get their hands on a beautiful dancer.
Mallozzi: Ah!
How do we stay on the good side of the fairies?
Mullan: You just be nice.
Mallozzi: Ha ha!
♪ Where are we headed?
Mullan: We're going to a place called Banba's Crown at the very, very top of Malin Head, very top of Ireland, the most northerly point.
You can go no further.
Mallozzi: Really?
Mullan: Banba is named after a goddess of war and fertility, kind of strange, a goddess being of war and fertility, two opposites.
Mallozzi: This is so green.
Mullan: People always ask why it's so green.
Mallozzi: Yeah.
Mullan: It's because it rains so much... Mallozzi: It does rain so much.
Mullan: so don't come to Ireland without a rain jacket.
Mallozzi: Ha ha ha!
♪ We made it, Peter!
Mullan: Whoa!
Mallozzi: Yeah!
Ha ha!
We did it!
We're at the end of the world, it feels like.
Mullan: Oh, wow.
Yeah.
Mallozzi: My goodness.
Mullan: We're here.
Mallozzi: Whoo!
♪ Thank you so much for taking me here.
Mullan: Oh, thank you very much.
Mallozzi: I really appreciate it.
It's really special.
Mullan: I'm very happy you enjoyed it.
Mallozzi: It's gorgeous.
♪ We made it!
Mullan: Whoa!
Mallozzi: Peter, we made it.
Mullan: Oh, my goodness.
Mallozzi: Ha ha!
I'm ready for a pint now.
Let's go.
Mullan: Yeah.
Let's go for a pint in Farren's Bar.
Mallozzi: Yeah.
Thank you.
Ooh.
♪ These beautiful Guinnesses are waiting for us.
Mullan: Oh, yes, fantastic.
This is the most northerly bar in Ireland.
You can't get no bar further north than Farren's Bar, and it's said it's a nice pint of Guinness in Ireland, as well.
People are friendly, sit down and chat and talk about everything and anything.
Mallozzi: Slainte... Mullan: Slainte.
Mallozzi: and thank you, Peter.
Thank you for bringing me here.
Mullan: Thank you very much.
It's been a real pleasure.
Mallozzi: Oh, it's been so fun.
♪ My last stop takes me a little more inland from the Wild Atlantic Way coastline through the hills of Donegal to the Blue Stack Mountains in Glenties, and tucked away here is the Glen Tavern, known fondly by the locals as Dinny's.
♪ This region of Donegal is famous for its traditional fiddle music, so I'm here to attend its weekly trad session and get a taste of its beautifully rich music culture myself.
♪ The Glen Tavern has been part of this community for over a hundred years, and it's not just a pub.
Because of its remote location, Dinny's is a one-stop shop for the locals that includes a grocery, a clothing store, and a jewelry store of pieces handmade by Annie Quinn, co-owner of the pub with her sister Mary.
Quinn: I am the third generation in this pub.
My grandfather bought it in 1924, and he was called Dinny, so it was always called Dinny's, and the Dinny's name is stronger now than ever it was.
I think it's really come back, so I always say now the Glen Tavern, Dinny's.
♪ Mallozzi: Because it's the middle of nowhere, it seems like a point for people to come and meet.
Quinn: Oh, yes.
It is.
They travel from all over the country and the world to come here, to be honest, and the attraction is the traditional music.
♪ Mallozzi: Dinny's hosts weekly trad sessions, or traditional Irish music sessions, open to all locals and visitors alike.
Tara Connaghan, one of the local fiddle players here at Dinny's, invited me to join in on today's session with her and the rest of the musicians.
What is a trad session?
Connaghan: It's like a conversation of music, so it's a bit like a jam session of other people, but it's just we play Irish traditional music tunes.
♪ Mallozzi: Why is the fiddle so popular here in Donegal?
Connaghan: I think maybe it was the cheapest instrument, or maybe they could make it themselves, and so maybe we were poor.
Ha ha ha!
They made tin fiddles, brass fiddles.
Mallozzi: Tin fiddles?
Oh, my gosh.
Connaghan: Yeah, and there's a house fiddle here.
There's a fiddle in the house.
Mallozzi: That lives here in Dinny's?
Connaghan: It lives here in Dinny's if you would like to play it.
Mallozzi: I would be honored to play it.
I'm going to give you fair warning.
Oh, my gosh, it's beautiful, and I love all the rosin that's just living in it.
Connaghan: I know, and, because it lives here, it knows all the tunes.
Ha ha ha!
Mallozzi: Well, then I'm lucky.
You know, I haven't played the violin in, I would say, over 20, maybe 25 years... Connaghan: No way.
Mallozzi: so we're gonna see what happens today.
♪ Yeah.
♪ Let's just do the A for Z.
Let's do that again.
Connaghan: Yeah.
OK. ♪ Mallozzi: My mother's gonna be so mad at me that I'm squeaking and squawking.
♪ Connaghan: We play a lot of specific tunes to this area they wouldn't play in the rest of Ireland.
There would be kind of a connection with Scotland here, as well, so we'd have a bit of Scottish tunes, bit of tunes that kind of stay around in this area.
♪ Man: Yew!
♪ Mallozzi: I remember now the practice and how much it hurt... [Laughter] but that was so fun.
Connaghan: Yeah.
It's not supposed to be a chore.
It's supposed to be-- Mallozzi: Yeah.
Connaghan: It's food for the soul.
Mallozzi: Oh, yes it is.
Can we try again just a little bit?
It'd be really fun if I remember the tune.
Now I don't know if I even remember the tune.
Connaghan: Do you want to play the same tune, or do you want to learn a new one?
Mallozzi: Please, no, the same tune.
♪ Man: Whoo!
[Cheering and applause] Mallozzi: I can't keep my feet still, so Tara called her mother Ann to give me a quick lesson in the dances found here in remote Donegal along with Connie, Ann's dance partner.
Ann: All on the right foot and go heel, up, toe, up, and 1, 2, 3 stamp.
Mallozzi: Oh, stamp.
Ann: Then heel, up, toe, up, and 1, 2, 3 stamp, heel... Mallozzi: Now, what kind of dance do you do here in Donegal?
Connaghan: We must have had very small houses here because there's only two people dancing, so, like, we must have been very poor.
We could only afford fiddles, only, you know-- Mallozzi: Yeah.
Right, right, right.
Ann: Now you go in underneath there.
1, 2, 3, and 2, 2, 3.
3, 2, 3, and 4, 2, 3.
5, 2, 3.
6, 2, 3.
7, 2, 3, and 8, 2, 3, and we start off again.
Mallozzi: Beautiful.
Ann: Heel, up, toe, up, 1, 2, 3, stamp.
Heel, up, toe, up, and 1, 2, 3, stamp.
♪ Connie: In young days, my mother used to dance.
Everyone in the house danced... Mallozzi: Yeah.
Connie: and we often had dances in the house where the neighbors would come in and we'd join in with them.
Mallozzi: Oh, fun.
♪ Quinn: I was brought up with the music.
We listened to the music every night when we went to bed.
That's going on for years.
♪ Mallozzi: Oh.
Why do you dance, Ann?
Ann: Mary grew up in a pub where there was traditional Irish music... Mallozzi: Yeah.
Ann: and I learned to dance there.
Mallozzi: Yeah.
Ann: I love dancing.
I love.
Mallozzi: I can tell.
Ann: Yes.
I love dancing.
Mallozzi: I can tell, and what does it mean for you to have your daughter playing the music while you're dancing?
Ann: Oh, it's great.
Man: Whoo!
♪ Ann: Whoo!
Mallozzi: Hey!
Oh, yeah!
Yay!
My new adventures in the northern part of the Wild Atlantic Way here in Ireland remind me that there is always more of a place to discover, no matter how many times you've been-- from making music with new friends, to savoring new tastes, to being blown away by its beauty, and, of course, to building new friendships on the dance floor.
Ireland continues to share its joy with me over and over again, and that's all because of its people.
They have just as much fun playing with me as I do with them.
Go raibh maith agat.
Thank you, Ireland.
I hope you never ever lose that joy, and I'll see you on my next "Bare Feet" adventure, wherever it may take me.
Man: Whoo!
Mallozzi: Whoo!
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♪ In trad sessions, there's not just music, right?
Connaghan: OK. Mallozzi: I mean, we get to use our feet, don't we?
Connaghan: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
We do, and we tap.
Mallozzi: What else are we doing in here?
Connaghan: Uh, we're having fun.
Sorry.
Is there-- Mallozzi: Um, is there someone you want to introduce me to?
Connaghan: Oh, yes.
Yes, yes.
Sorry.
There is-- Mallozzi: Your mother?
Connaghan: Oh, my mother.
I thought you meant Peter.
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