Benny O’Carroll: From ‘The Hearth’ to the Heart of US based Irish Tourism

Benny O’Carroll: From ‘The Hearth’ to the Heart of US based Irish Tourism

It’s very easy to put it down to coincidence but did you ever think about someone you hadn’t met, seen or even thought about for a while – and then….  Benny O’Carroll flashed up on my inner screen one day last week and with him came the ‘stick with you’ songs and melodies: Do You…

It Takes a Village – Welcoming The Stranger Collective

It Takes a Village – Welcoming The Stranger Collective

The Girls’ National School Hall in Dingle was buzzing with drums, dance and laughter recently during the town’s Global Rhythm Festival, Cuisle Chorca Dhuibhne. Natives and Refugees Welcoming The Stranger Collective, a dance group of Kerry locals from Dingle, Tralee and Killarney as well as migrants, asylum seekers and refugees from Afghanistan, Algeria, Zimbabwe, Malawi,…