[Leica] St. Patrick's Day in the west of Ireland

[Lluis Ripoll]

I agree with Peter, I like them all, they are really lovely pictures!
Lluis



> El 19 març 2025, a les 21:52, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> va escriure:
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> They're gorgeous Douglas. I particularly like the one of him with the Tricolour, but they are all great! Makes me smile.
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> Peter
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> On 19/03/2025 01:32, Douglas Barry wrote:
>> I didn't do much on St. Patrick's Day, despite having the offer of a press pass for the parade in Bray, as I couldn't. My cameras stayed at home with me.
>> However, my 3 year old grandson Louis took a bigger part in the Day than he ever did before. He and his parents were over in the west of Ireland for the weekend with his other grandparents at their home in Spiddal, Co. Galway. He found himself recruited for an appearance at Spiddal's parade. Every self respecting town in Ireland tries to have a parade on this day, and, in rural areas, it veers on the compulsory.
>> Spiddal (An Spidéal in Irish) is a small town in a pleasant seaside rural area alongside Galway Bay. It is also a Gaeltacht area where Irish is spoken as the first language. In fact, my daughter-in-law and her father Steve speak fluent Irish, and Steve regularly talks to Louis in the native tongue. To complicate matters, his wife, Louis's Mamie, is French and speaks in French to Louis who somehow manages to give the impression he understands both languages.
>> Anyway, Louis was very enthusiastic about the day and caught the eye of the Irish television broadcasters RTE and TG4 who turned up to film the parade. We, of course, up in the big smoke (Dublin) had no idea that this was happening until, while watching the news on television, I spotted Louis in his outfit. I then paused the TV and took a poor shot of him using my mobile. Within a half an hour, my wife's WhatsApp started to fill with images from the west. Starting with my own poor shot of him on my TV, here are a few more.
>> Louis on the TV news.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Louis+on+the+TV+news.jpg.html
>> Prepping up with an Irish flag.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Louis+Flag+SPD2025.jpg.html
>> My son, a jumping grandson and someone I don't know readying the banner for the locality.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Louis+Banner+SPD2025.jpg.html
>> Louis being rushed along in his "float" - a decorated shopping trolley. I have no idea who the others are, other than most of them seem to be having a good time.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Louis+Float+SPD2025.jpg.html
>> I have no idea whether my son or daughter-in-law took the shots. Maybe it's time to take my cameras down the west next year...
>> Douglas
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