Oh, The Music

 

Monday night is jam session night at Marrinan Bar.  Mary Marrinan's Great Grandmother moved to Ennistymon and leased the building in 1902 and started the enterprise.  Which was passed down to her daughter, her son (Mary's father) and Mary.  She and her husband run the bar without outside staff.  So on Monday nights, when the place is packed to the ceiling, they have a constant stream of glasses filling with Guinness.

For those of you who turn in at 8:00pm, the "band" doesn't begin until 9:30.  Or so.  Musicians just start showing up and after everyone has ordered a pint, they start playing.  While more musicians arrive and squeeze in.  
Last night swelled to symphony size of around 12 including 4 flutes, 1 tin whistle, 2 fiddles, a drum, 3 squeeze boxes, a mandolin, a banjo, a guitar and some bagpipe thing.  It was an amazing night of music and at one point I was treated to a tenor singing acapella.  As they say here, "brilliant"



(Those of you not on FB, I will send the video separately as I am having tech difficulty with the upload!)

 Slainte!




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  1. MikeAugust 16, 2022 at 2:44 PM

    Find any Mills, Hurless' or McFarlands in the cemetery?

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