Dublin, Ohio 2016

It’s not on the River Liffey, but it is Dublin nevertheless. And ClanDonnell was there – at Ohio’s Dublin Irish Festival.

It was August 5th, 6th and 7th, at Dublin’s beautiful recreation center grounds. Festival organizers expected 100,000 people and that many people may have shown up, making it not only Ohio’s, but one of America’s, largest Irish festivals.

We were in the author’s tent most of the time, at least when we are not listening to the music (Dublin has a great line up of musicians). And we gave a few talks in the cultural tent, entitled “The Easter Rising and the Ordinary Irish”. We also told a few appropriate yarns in the children’s area.