Crosfhocal sean-nós

A spot for communion The quiet of the evening has the moon muddled After the constant midday chase of wind and rain So we just turned inside When the waves tried to recall for the crescent The reason the sky Now held back the tears They rambled of memory and age And the wind now a murmur Just sighed O this was an annual thing

Comaoine

Aimsir chomaoíne Ciúineas an tráthnóna is mearbhall ar an ngealaigh indiaidh síor-ruathar gaoithe is báistí Chasamar isteach Nuair leírigh an spéir don chorrán Nár lig sí lena deóra iad ar seachrán ar aois is ré An ghaoth anois ina cogar Níl ann ach bliain eile

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Hello to all and hope that you are keeping safe and well. Comhghairdeachas to Dick Mack’s who featured on Tourism Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day Virtual Celebrations and to Dóchas – Leanaí Leithinis Chorca Dhuibhne for their fabulous performance which you can enjoy on https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAp2eosOGUQ

Tourism Thoughts and Tips

Blogs are a great way to not only promote your tourism business but also to tell a great local story or share your own experiences as you enjoy the amazing landscape of Leithinis Chorca Dhuibhne. As a promotional tool, it is important to know that Google rates them highly and so they increase the Search Engine Optimisation of your website and are great posts to share on your social media. Fallon, Comhaontas Turasóireachta Chorca Dhuibhne’s / Dingle Peninsula Tourism Alliance’s Tourism Officer has been creating a super library of stories and blogs https://www. dingle-peninsula.ie/stories-2.html and so here is a lovely example to get you started on your own – grab a coffee and enjoy! “Dóchas – A little bit of hope…. Dia Dhaoibh a cairde agus fáilte thar n-ais ar feadh seachtain eile don mblog ‘Tales of a Tourism Officer’ – Welcome back to yet another week of ‘Tales of a Tourism Officer’. I hope you are all keeping well in the current climate, I find that simply taking it day by day is the best way to handle it all at this time! There is certainly enough doom and gloom in the world at the moment, so this week I have decided to write a blog post full of hope! Having had a few weeks now to settle back into work and start looking at the year ahead, I’ve found in the past week or so that I am feeling more hopeful about things to come…. While the 2021 tourism season will undoubtedly once again be very different, as it looks like we’ll still be unable to welcome our international visitors back, I am looking towards the year ahead with optimism at welcoming many Irish visitors to our beautiful Dingle Peninsula. There are several reasons for my newfound optimism, however! For one, the days are finally beginning to get longer. As we say here in Ireland, there’s ‘a grand stretch’ in the evenings! It makes such a difference when it doesn’t get dark so early –we now have daylight until 6 o clock in the evening, and that is a guaranteed mood booster! I felt that with the arrival of spring on the 1st of February, there was a new lease of life to things…. The daffodils are out, the days are longer, the weather is getting better (subject to interpretation!!). Either way, I think there is a feeling of hope in the air, but perhaps I’m the only one that feels it at the moment!! Aside from all the little things that are making the days more pleasant, from a tourism point of view I am also optimistic. Though we are still in lockdown, and the chances of international travel are still non-existent, I am hopeful that with the combination of lower-case numbers and ever-increasing vaccinations in the country, the Coronavirus situation can only get better. If we persevere for a little while longer, fingers crossed, when everything is allowed to open once again, it will be for good. I hope that this time, when the doors of our local businesses open, they are allowed to stay open. But most of all, I am hopeful that before long, we will have visitors back on our beautiful Dingle Peninsula, experiencing all it has to offer. To have people back making the nerve-wracking drive over the Conor Pass, or taking in the unique sights that are only along the Slea Head Drive. I can’t wait for people to once again walk the Dingle Way, or explore Glanteenassig Forest. To swim in the Atlantic Ocean and walk along the soft sand at Ventry Beach, Fermoyle Beach or Inch Beach. I look forward to hearing the screams of delight as children and adults alike experience sea life up close with our sea safari and eco marine boat trips, or stand in awe as they set foot on the Great Blasket Island. I can’t wait for people to sit down to a meal of the freshest fish, in one of the Dingle Peninsula’s many fantastic restaurants. I look forward to pints of local beer being poured as visitors sit around in a cosy pub and listen to traditional Irish music, performed only as it can be, by a local musician and friends. To see the glint in the eyes of an old group of friends as they squash into a snug. I look forward to seeing people touring the Dingle Distillery and experiencing the product right at its root. To seeing golf balls fly high in the air at Ceann Sibéal and Castlegregory, and surf boards hitting the waves in the Maharees. I can’t wait for our village streets to buzz again, visitors taking in the colourful buildings, and for the hills and mountains along the Dingle Peninsula to once again welcome hikers and guide them on their way. It is often said that the true magic of the Dingle Peninsula is in its people, however, a lot of those people are our visitors who stay with us. Without our visitors, there is a missing element of what makes the Dingle Peninsula the very special place it has become. I can’t wait for the day where the Dingle Peninsula is alive again with the sounds of laughter, happiness, discovery, awe, magic, appreciation, exploration, experience, enjoyment, fun and lots of craic! Though we may not be close to that day just yet, knowing that times like these will return provides its own comfort. I saw a saying last week that went ‘More days behind us than ahead of us’…We’ll get there. As my favourite Irish saying goes ‘Ní bhíonn in aon rud ach seal’ (nothing is permanent). Have a wonderful week filled with hope and happiness. Until next time, Fallon. “ So for now, with that “little bit of hope”, please continue to “Stay at Home – Fan sa Bhaile”, minding our most vulnerable by supporting official Level 5 restrictions

If you have any tourism development or marketing queries you would like to discuss confidentially, please contact Caroline at info@bolandmarketing. com .

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