Hiki ke heluhelu ʻia kaʻu mau mokuna a pau i kākau ai ma ke kōmi ʻana i nā loulou ma ka ʻalemanaka ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o kēia palapala. Ua hoʻouka ʻia nā kiʻi a pau a māua ʻo Mālia i paʻi ai ma ʻIlelani. E koho i nā loukou “Kiʻi” ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau, ma lalo o ka ʻalemanaka. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā kiʻi ma ʻekolu pūʻulu – nā kiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma Dublin, Glen Colm Cille, a me Sligo. E nanea.
Po‘akahi, 15 Iulai, 2002
Ua hoʻi māua ʻo Mālia i Dublin i kēia lā, a kau māua ma luna o ke kaʻa ʻōhua no ka hele hou ʻana i Temple Bar. I ka lā ʻapōpō, e kau ana māua ma luna o ka mokulele no ka lele ʻana i Newark, a e noho ana māua ʻelua lā ma Philadelpha no ke kipa ʻana aku i koʻu mau ʻanakē, ʻanakala, a me nā hoahānau he nui. ʻO kēia ana ka mokuna hope aʻu e kākau ana no kēia puke moʻomanaʻo; e kākau paha au i kekahi pepa pela manaʻo no ka huakaʻi ma hope.
Lāpule, 14 Iulai, 2002
Ua neʻe māua mai ka hōkele ʻo Riverside ma Sligo a i Markree Castle. He hale kahiko loa kēia i kūkulu ʻia 350 makahiki aku nei, a he moʻopuna ke kanaka nona ka hale na ke kanaka nāna i kūkulu. I loko nō o ke kahiko o ka hale, ua nani nō ʻo loko, a loaʻa ka uila, kelepona a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka poʻe e kipa mai ana. ʻAʻohe mea e hana ai ma kahi o Markree, a ʻoiai he Lāpule kēia, ua noho wale nō māua ma ʻaneʻi me ka nānā kīwī. I ka lā…
Po‘aono, 13 Iulai, 2002
ʻO nehinei ka hālāwai hope ʻana o kā māua papa ʻŌlelo ʻAiliki, a me kaʻu hui hope ʻana me Paddy no ke aʻo ʻana i ka hoʻokani bodhrán. I ka wā a māua i hui ai, ua kipa mai kekahi mea kākau o ka nūpepa ma Glen Colm Cille. Ua paʻi ʻo ia i mau kiʻi o māua, a ma kaʻu pela ʻana i koʻu inoa hope no ia kanaka, ua pūʻiwa loa ʻo Paddy. ʻO Ó Donaghue kona inoa hope, akā, i kona wā ʻōpio ua neʻe ʻo ia me kona makua kāne i ʻIlelani ʻĀkau. Kaulana ka ʻohana Ó…
Po‘alima, 12 Iulai, 2002
Mai ka lā a māua i hiki mai ai i Glen Colm Cille, ua hoʻāʻo au e nīnauele iā Liam Ó Cuinneagáin, ka luna o Oideas Gael. He kanaka paʻahana loa ʻo ia, a ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻia kā māua hālāwai ʻana he mau manawa, akā naʻe, ua walaʻau māua ma ka ʻaina awakea i kēia lā. He mānaleo ʻōlelo ʻAiliki ʻo ia, a pēlā nō hoʻi kona mau mākua, kona mau kūpuna, a me nā haunauna ma mua. Ma Glen Colm Cille ʻo ia i hānau ʻia ai, a ua hele ʻo ia i nā kula o ka Gaelteacht ma ʻaneʻi.…
Po‘ahā, 11 Iulai, 2002
Ua nui ka maikaʻi o ka ʻaha mele i ka pō nei. Ua hīmeni a hoʻokani kikā ʻo Paddy me kekahi mau kānaka hoʻokani waiolina, he hoʻokani banjo, he wahine a he kāne hīmeni “sean nos.” He ʻano hīmeni kahiko ka “sean nos” i hīmeni ʻia me ke kākoʻo ʻole ʻia e nā pila, a ʻo “kaila kahiko” ka manaʻo o “sean nos” ma ka ʻōlelo ʻAiliki. Ma ka ʻōlelo ʻAiliki kekahi o nā mele, a ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekāne kekahi mau mele ʻē aʻe. Ma hope o ka papa o ke kakahiaka, ua hālāwai pū au me kekahi polopeka…
Po‘akolu, 10 Iulai, 2002
Ua nīnauele ʻia au i kēia lā e kekahi wahine kākau kolamu o ka nūpepa ʻōlelo ʻAiliki ʻo “Foinse” ma ke kelepona. He hoa ʻo ia na Liam, ka luna o Oideas Gael, a ma ka Liam haʻi ʻana iā ia aia kekahi poʻe no Hawaiʻi e aʻo ana i ka ʻōlelo ʻAiliki ma ke kula, ua makemake kēia wahine e ʻike i ke kumu a māua i hele mai ai no ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo ʻAiliki. Nui kona hoihoi i ka lohe ʻana e pili ana i ka papahana kaiapuni Hawaiʻi, nā polokalamu ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ke…
Po‘alua, 9 Iulai, 2002
ʻAʻole au e kākau nui ana no ka papa ʻōlelo o kēia, lā. Nui ʻino nā mea hou a ke kumu i aʻo ai – he mau analua paʻakikī a pohihihi loa iaʻu. Ma ke ahiahi ua ʻākoakoa mai mākou a pau ma ka lumi nui o ke kula no ka hoʻolohe ʻana i kekahi haku poema kaulana o ʻIlelani, ʻo Cathal Ó Searcaigh kona inoa. Nui kāna haʻi moʻolelo ʻana ma waena o kāna mau poema, a hoihoi nō kāna mau manaʻo i hoʻopuka ai. Ua walaʻau ʻo ia no nā wahi pana, a ma ke kapa ʻia ʻana…
Po‘akahi, 8 Iulai, 2002
Ua hoʻomaka kā mākou papa hou i kēia lā; ʻo Caira ka inoa o ke kumu. I nehinei, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e nāʻana ana mākou i nā mea a mākou i aʻo ai i kēlā pule aku nei, akā, i kēia lā ua komo piha mākou i ke aʻo ʻana i nā mea hou. ʻO nā mea nui a mākou i aʻo ai, ʻo ia ke aʻo ʻana i nā inoa kūlana hana, e like hoʻi me ka mākaʻi, ke kumu, ka mea kuke, ka mea kalaiwa, a pēlā aku, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ke ʻano o kā…
Lāpule, 7 Iulai, 2002
Ua hoʻomaka nā papa hou ma ka ʻauinalā, a ʻelua wale nō hola ka lōʻihi. Ma ke kakahiaka, ua haʻi ʻia mai māua ʻaʻole e loaʻa ana ka papa kūlana ʻelua, no ka mea, nui ʻino nā haumāna i loaʻa ʻole kekahi ʻike no ka ʻōlelo ʻAiliki. No laila, e loaʻa ana ʻelua papa kūlana haʻahaʻa loa, a e pono ana paha māua e komo hou i loko o ia papa hoʻokahi a māua i komo ai ʻelua pule aku nei. Akā naʻe, ua lawa nō nā haumāna no ka mālama ʻana i ka papa no nā haumāna i hele…