The Gathering reaches intense levels of sadness, courtesy of Al Jazeera.
Bearded Galway musicians at 00:40 and Jim “All tourism is about
money” Miley at 01:03.
Also: We had wondered where all the vintage post boxes were going.
Meanwhile…
I think the bulk of what I was saying about nurturing and developing a real relationship with a very complex group of emigrants is absolutely essential. As one guy said to me: ‘stop calling us tourists. We’re exiles, we’re emigrants’.
Gabriel Byrne, yesterday
Byrne Stands By Gathering Criticism (Tim O’Brien and Jason Kennedy, Irish Times)
And in the Guinness Storehouse this afternoon:
The Govt are literally organising a piss-up in a brewery today. #thestaggering
— Brian O’Connell (@oconnellbrian) December 4, 2012
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)