ʻAʻohe papa o kēia lā, no laila, ua kau māua ma luna o ke kaʻa ʻōhua no ke hele ʻana i ke kaona ʻo Donegal, he 40 paha mile ka mamao o ia kaona. Ua like paha kona nui me ko Waimea ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi, a ua like nō kona nānā ʻana me ko Front Street ma Lahaina, Maui. He mau hale kūʻai kahiko wale nō ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o nā kulanui, a he huinakolu ma ke kikowaena o ke kaona i kapa ʻia he “kaimana” e ko Donegal. ʻAʻole au i lohe i ka ʻōlelo ʻAiliki…
Po‘alima, 5 Iulai, 2002
ʻO kēia ka lā hope o ka papa no ke ao kūlohelohe, a ua hele mai kekahi kumu hou, ʻo John Boyle kona inoa, no ke aʻo ana iā mākou e pili ana i nā manu ʻIlelani. Hoʻomaka aku nei ʻo ia me ka wehewehe ʻana i ke ʻano o nā manu, a pehea e ʻike ai i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o kekahi mau lāhui manu. Ma hope o kāna haʻiʻōlelo pōkole, ua uhaele aku mākou i “Rocky Point,” he lae ma ke komohana loa o ke kalana ʻo Co. Donegal. ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻo John i ka inoa…
Po‘ahā, 4 Iulai, 2002
Ua polapola maikaʻi koʻu kino i kēia lā, no laila,ua hele nō au i ka papa i kēia lā. Ua kālaiwa mākou a hiki i kekahi pāka kahi e kū ohaoha ana he mau pali uʻi loa, ʻo Slieve League kona inoa. ʻO ia nā pali kai kiʻekiʻe loa o ʻEulopa. ʻO Altan ka hui hoʻokani mele kuʻuna kaulana loa o ʻIlelani. Nui aʻe paha ke kaulana o The Chieftans ma ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole i makemake nui ʻia lākou e ka poʻe a māua i walaʻau pū ai ma ʻIlelani nei. No ko Altan kekahi hale inu pia ma ke kaona…
Po‘akolu, 3 Iulai, 2002
Ua maʻi hou au i kēia lā, no laila, ʻaʻole au i hele pū me ka papa. Wahi a Mālia, he mau hē hou wale nō kā lākou i ʻike ai, me ka walaʻau pū ʻana i kekahi mau mea no nā nāele. Ma ke ahiahi, ua mālama ʻia he ʻaha mele maikaʻi loa ma ke kula nei. Ua hele mai ʻekolu kanaka: he kāne hoʻokani kikā, he ʻelemakule hoʻokani waiolina, a he kaikamahine (15 wale nō paha ona makahiki) hoʻokani koliana. Nui ka maikaʻi o kā lākou hoʻokani ʻana. Paʻakikī maoli nō ka leo alakaʻi o kekahi o nā…
Po‘alua, 2 Iulai, 2002
Ua loaʻa au i ke anu i kēia lā, no laila, ʻaʻole au i hele i ka papa. Ikaika maoli nō ka pā ʻana mai o ka makani, a ʻano nui nō ka ua kekahi. Ua hele ʻo Mālia i ka huakaʻi me ka papa no ke ao kūlohelohe a me ka moʻomeheu. Iaʻu e hoʻomaha ana, ua heluhelu hou au i ka puke ʻo “Voices Silenced: Has Irish A Future,” a nui ka hoihoi. He pōkole wale nō kāna i kākau ai no ka ʻōlelo ʻAiliki, akā, nui ka ʻike no nā ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe a puni ka honua.…
Monday, 1 Iulai, 2002
I kēia lā, ua aʻo mākou no ka mōʻaukala o nā kānaka ma ʻIlelani. ʻAʻohe kanaka o ka wā mesolithic; ʻike ʻia nā mea hana mua a nā kānaka ma kapakai ma ʻō a ma ʻaneʻi ma ka wā neolithic (ma kahi o ka makahiki 7000 B.C.) Na kēia poʻe i kūkulu i nā hē, nā pā pōhaku, a me nā kiʻi pōhaku a mākou i ʻike ai i kēia lā. Ua ola lākou ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka poʻe Celts ma kahi o ka makahiki 300 A.D. ʻO nā mea hana pōkaku a me nā…
Lāpule, 30 Iune, 2002
Nui nā haumāna i haʻalele i nehinei, a nui nā haumāna hou i hiki mai no nā papa o kēia pule. Ua walaʻau pū au me kekahi o nā haumāna hou, ʻo Barbara kona inoa. No Wale ʻo ia, akā, he iwakāluakūmālima ona makahiki i noho ai ma ʻIlelani, no ka mea, ua male ʻo ia he kāne ʻAiliki. He kumu kula ʻo ia ma kekahi kula haʻahaʻa, a nui kāna mau mea i haʻi mai ai iaʻu no ke kūlana o ka ʻōlelo ʻAiliki ma nā kula, a me ke aʻo ʻia o ka ʻōlelo ʻAiliki ma nā kula…
Po‘aono, 29 Iune, 2002
I ka pō nei, ua hele aku nei mākou, nā haumāna o ka papa kūlana ʻekahi, i ke “kolo hale inu pia” (he “pub crawl” i ko kēia ʻāina). ʻO ka pololei, hoʻomaka ka poʻe ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o ke kaona, a inu lākou me kēlā me kēia hale inu pia a pani ʻia ka hale inu hope loa o ke kaona. Eia naʻe, ua noho māua ʻo Mālia me lākou no ka inu ʻana i ka hoʻokahi wale nō Guinness ma Biddy’s, a laila, ʻo ka hoʻi ihola nō ia o māua i ka hale. Ma laila, ua nui…
Po‘alima, Iune 28, 2002
I ka papa o kēia kakahiaka ua aʻo mākou no ke kūʻai ʻana, me ka nīnau ʻana i ka nui o ke kālā e pono ai no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻano mea like ʻole. ʻO kekahi mea hoihoi, ua nīnau akula kekahi haumāna iā Etna e pili ana i ke kiʻinaleo ma ka nīnau ʻana ma ka ʻōlelo ʻAiliki. Ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia pule, ua nīnau mua aku au iā ia pēlā, a ʻo kāna i ʻōlelo mai ai, ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa ma waena o ke kiʻinaleo ma ka nīnau ʻana i kekahi nīnau a me ka…
Po‘ahā, 27 Iune, 2002
Ua hele pū aku nei māua i Biddy’s i ka pō nei, a nui ka leʻaleʻa o ka hoʻolohe ʻana i ka poʻe hoʻokani pila o Glen Colm Cille. ʻO Paddy ka inoa o ke alakaʻi o ka poʻe hoʻokani pila; he mea hoʻokani kikā ʻo ia, a ʻo ia wale nō ke kanaka hīmeni o ka poʻe e hoʻokani pila ana i ka pō nei. He mau mele ʻōlelo Pelekāne a ʻōlelo ʻAiliki kāna i hīmeni ai; ʻo nā mele ʻōlelo Pelekāne ka hapanui, akā, no ʻIlelani a me ko ʻIlelani nā mele. He kanaka ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia, a…