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The Huron Expositor, 1998-03-25, Page 6 (2)S -T E MORON EXPOSITOR, March 25, 1568 By Frank Sills St. Patrick's Day memories recalled What a great thing memo- ries are'! I had been sitting listening, to the Irish music on St. Patrick's Day. I likc all types of music, but must admit that Irish and Scottish are proba- bly at the top of the lisi. Especially when 1 had an active 'connection with them particularly during thc war. - Stationed in Ireland for over a year, at every opportu- nity I would travel around on a pass. Tonight 1 was thinking about -one particular trip I madefrom Belfast down into the south. My station was actually close to the Irish Sea and the Mountains of Mourne - places steeped with histori- cal significance. I had two weeks coming to mc so 1 bor- rowed the suit of the Englishman sleeping in the next bunk to me and started out. The powers that be said to mc: "Where are you going and where can we get a hold. of you?" The YMCA in Cork was. my reply. 1 don't think they knew what a YMCA was and I didn't know. it there was one there, so we - were even. My first stop was Dublin where I managed to gel a small room in a private hotel at the head of O'Connell Street, quite close to Phoenix Park where they kept piles of peat cut into thc size of bricks. They couldn't get any coal from Britain during the war so relied on the this infe- rior heat substitute that gave out heat, but had a short lite span. They were using it' in the trains as well. because' you couldn't get a stable -base from a bed of coals. your speed was very sloe and most of the time you could Arun as fast as the train trav- elled. 11hc hotel had been ver\ nice and, the mcals were good. At the restaurants on O'Connell Street you could buy a steak. which hdid right away. Going south the scenery was very nice, green and quiet. Before getting on the train 1 had a tour through the Guinness Brewery as well as the Little Abbey Theatre, The brewery was right beside the Liffy River. Dublin is a very clean city and a news boy said "Hello Canada." 1 said "How did- you know that?" He replied he could tell by the way I walked. I guess it shows we all have distinctive character- istics. It really isn't very far to Cork through very nice rolling countryside. 1 man- aged to find a place to stay over a store and attended, a hurling game, much likc field hockey. hut with much freer rules of play. The half hour I watched. tour fellows were carried off on a stretcher after being hit over thc head with a hurling stick. 1 next went up town to the square where many men were sitting on benches waiting for someone to come along and hire then for various jobs. Quite a handy way of hiring help - especially Tarin labour. The employer could just walk around and pick up whoever he lancicd-after striking a bargain of cnursc. It all seemed to work quite well. From there 1 went a little ways out to thc village of St. Anne to see the Blarney Ston4. I asked an elderly lade and she pointed to an open style stone stairway which was part of an old castle wall. I went and discovered a rec- tangular hole in the floor made out of blocks of stone. 1 knew the custom called for leaning down and kissing the stone. I got down on m� stomach and did so. When 1 .got down to the foot of the stairs .the old. lady said 1 should have been on my hack and -hung down into the hole with someone holding my legs. Unfortunately, •tieing. alone. I couldn't do that. The main thing is I saw it and went through the process even if I was wrong. I looked around the harbour of Cork where so many emi- grants left for the Irish shore, including some of my rela- tives from Killarney. Next I travelled to Killarney which is a very beautiful spot of greenery, large beautiful cathedrals cas- tle ruins and jaunting cars- IIwo wheel carts with a driver and one good-sized seat"on each side of the cart drawn by a patient horse. My driver was an O'Sullivan who -had been in the British army in World War I. From there I went on thc bus up to the west coast of Ireland to Galway Bay with its crafters cottages on the cliffs and its beautiful sunset. - My money was getting low so I knew 1 had to get back to 'Dublin where I had a ticket hack to Belfast. Off 1 went across the coun- try through the huge peat bogs, that had huge circular saws that would cut through sections of the widths and then be cut into brick lengths. Whole fields would be cut this way and augmented the wages of fishermen from Galway Bay. No doubt they had a hard life in some respects but their surround- ings made up for lots. 1 got on the train from Dublin to Belfast and arrived late at night. With one pound of English money left which was enough for an ordinary room, but the city was full of American soldiers who had recently come over and were stationed in Ireland. With no rooms available and knowing that a police officer wasn't supposed to refuse a serviceman. shelter. 1 approached an officer in the CONTINUED on Page 7. You are invited to attend our OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY, MARCH 26th 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Please join us for Refreshments. We look forward to seeing you.' 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