From Westport to Leenane Live

[@wallab731]

I like going back to watch some of your older posts. I absolutely loved your recitations of the beautiful poems. I too, like Yeats. But The Ballad of Matt Groves was luscious! Thank you. I have found it online will make sure to copy it for my collection.

[@moiranigras9774]

Colette, what a great poem, the ballad of Mattie ... thanks SO much. And for that wonderful video of your drive through Connemara to Clifden. I have driven it several times in my past but who knows when I might ever have the chance to do that again. It's a long way from Florida 😔🇨🇮. Thank you so very very much for all the home you bring to me.

[@susanchappell796]

Thanks for taking me on this lovely journey Colette. I needed this today.

[@thomasmanes9103]

I watched this while sorting seeds. The video was a bit choppy at times, but thank you for doing this. I loved seeing the countryside. And the poetry & ballad were wonderful!

[@rozannaherring1578]

Just catching up on your videos on a west and windy Saturday. I spent a summer working in my cousin's craft shop just beyond Leenane by Killary Harbour. There is a story that a German WWII submarine lies in the depths. Whether it is true or just a story after a Guinness or two we shall probably never know! What happy memories I have of that time. There were 14 cats living at the shop and they would walk among the displays of Waterford Crystal. The theory was that if you didn't try to shoo them off they wouldn't break anything!

[@PalaminoHills]

I just HAVE to tell you how much I enjoyed going on this beautiful drive with you. JUST WHEN I thought it couldn't get any better, you stop at the loch and recite poetry. I was nearly MIDNIGHT my time in central USA, but I watched they whole thing thru without stopping.

[@rozannaherring1578]

Talking of painters, do you know about Percy French? My favourite artist of all time. He absolutely captured the beautiful colours of Ireland in watercolour. I am very privileged to own three of his paintings as his two daughters ended up in old age in Suffolk where they knew my grandparents. They had to sell off a lot of his paintings to keep them in old age, so we were very fortunate to purchase quite a few between us. Where you stopped at 42:17 is exactly where I spent my summer at Durnasliggan. It is mussel farming in Killary Harbour.

[@bkmcg8100]

Travel and poetry, wonderful 💕

[@Cronezonetarot]

Thanks for the magic! XX

[@bkmcg8100]

Thank you so much for the trip, have a wonderful time in Clifton ! ❤️🇮🇪

[@drdwaynecuster]

Matty Groves sounds like something Loreena McKennitt should sing. Wow! That was a great recitation! Very charismatic and wonderful. =)

[@bkmcg8100]

Wow, the scenery is amazing !

[@drdwaynecuster]

There's a powerful and mythical energy about that area. I was looking at Google Earth and it's majestic. I could tell a thousand stories against the back drop of those mountains. Wow!

[@anngoodies5836]

Enjoyed going on another jaunt with you through the Irish countryside. Have a fantastic weekend.

[@cathymiller7433]

Wow! To cool!. Your a good driver!. Love it All🍁🍂🌿🍀🌱🌰🌳⛅ Thank you

[@jhankri]

It is a beautiful mystical, wild and barren place. If I were there I would plant more stands of trees.

[@bkmcg8100]

❤️🇮🇪 In Ireland with Colette!! Loving it!

[@enquery]

The Ballad of Mattie Groves....what a great poem and so well read, indeed. Thankee for that. ( Edited to add correction)

[@bealtainecottage]

The Ballad...

[@gulfcoastalmouth]

Hello from Florida!

[@firesidewitch1398]

Oddly enough, the closest town to the place I was born, which borders Natchez Trace State Park on 61 acres was called westport. And when we moved from the woods, Westport is where our family moved, and where our family still has a home.

[@bkmcg8100]

Makes me so proud of my 61% Irish Ancestry, my Father is 1st generation American

[@Bella-ul8mq]

Thank you for your fine reading

[@bealtainecottage]

Isabella Scarangella it was all from memory

[@Bella-ul8mq]

Bealtaine Cottage You recite with such passion!

[@monarchkind69]

were from Westport......you could have stopt by it was stormy but now its actually calming down

[@blackwater4707]

The roads looked surprisingly clear. I expected a bit of tree debris on them, but perhaps you were just lucky with the roads you chose.

[@bkmcg8100]

My Irish grandparents were treated terribly in New York, maybe that’s why they came to Michigan

[@ahermitslife3684]

ahhhhh!! It's scary watching you drive down the wrong side of the road!