Friday, January 20, 2012

JONNY JUMP UP

UCD has events every so often exclusively for American study abroad students (since there are 400 of us), and last night I got to go to one of those events. We went to a very famous pub called the Merry Ploughboy Pub. The Merry Ploughboys are an Irish band who always perform at this pub. At the intermission of their playing a group of Irish dancers also came out and performed. It was a great night of authentic Irish entertainment, a must see for anyone visiting Ireland in my opinion. Here are a few pictures. (Forgive the poor quality, it was pretty dark in the pub.)
the Merry Ploughboys



quaint interior of the pub
the Irish dancers
more awesome Irish dancing
the outside of the pub
This guy played all the wind instruments in the band (ones famous to Irish music). Here he is playing the uilleann (elbow) pipes which are similar to bagpipes.

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