July 6, 2025 • 17 mins
Mindy and Mikaela discuss the Dublin Irish Festival with Alison LeRoy and The Ladies of Longford!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I just said, here we go, guys, but what I
really needed to say was here we go ladies, Mindy,
because we have a special group to perform in the
studio while you're there in Myrtle today.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Now I know that we also put these segments on
Facebook Live, so people can obviously tune in right now
and see what these ladies look like. But can you
describe it for me and for everyone listening right now? Well,
so what do we're not look like?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
They're not in costume.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
I would say that the audio is going to tell
the story we're talking about the but wave ladies to
Facebook Live.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Your camera's over there.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
So these are the ladies of Longford and we're going
to talk and give away tickets to the Dublin Irish Festival.
Here in a moment with Heather Leroy, director of Events.
Thank you so much for being here.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
It's great.
Speaker 6 (00:49):
I mean, this is so fun to come and talk
about Irish Festival. Since we're now in July, it seems
like it's right around the corner.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Right around the corner, But ladies, it is so Hilda Doyle,
Stephanie Doyle and Heather Doyle for is You're welcome to
the studio.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 7 (01:03):
We're happy to be here.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
I would love to he Wait a minute, Wait a minute,
MICHAELA the Doyle. They got to be the Doyle sisters, right.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Yeah, the Ladies of Longford are the Doyle Sisters.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
And there's a plus one who is not here today
that is unrelated, correct direct. She's from Louisville. She's doing
some Celtic from like, but she's a louis Old girl.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
So it's so fun. Ladies, can you guys describe your name?
How did you come up with the name.
Speaker 8 (01:27):
We came up with the name because this is howther
my dad's heritage. His ancestors are from Longford County in Ireland,
and so when we started this group, we were trying
to find a connection to that and it just seemed like, hey,
Ladies of Longford, that sounds like a good idea.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Oh yeah, and kind of rolls off your tongue. I
love it, lol, hellol.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
So this this first piece and we have some time
with you guys. Mindy, because I forgot we don't have
a segment the next one we could continue, so ladies,
tell us what we're going to hear first.
Speaker 8 (02:01):
We're gonna sing a Gaelic mouth tune for you, so
you won't know what we're saying, and we don't really either.
But we learned this song phonetically probably twenty three years
twenty three years ago on a car ride.
Speaker 7 (02:18):
So it's a very long car ride. We know that
we know the basic gest of the story.
Speaker 9 (02:22):
But yeah, okay, well here we go.
Speaker 10 (02:27):
Havan Jake, Nicoda, La Haban, Jake nicarda you La Haban
Jake Nicola Halas Calonica heard a climb ooh Lahomo negga
bing you a lahomoving you lahom mona Saho Venim Havan Jake, Nicola,
La Havan Jake, Nicara La Hamon Yake Nicola Lasklanica heard
(02:49):
a climb ooh Lahomo n negga bing you a Lahoma
nickam you a Lahoma Saho.
Speaker 11 (02:56):
Sleven have the guy Ria Kai had the guy fish
to ball I cut the guy real way Anela Fellow
had the Kyrie have the guy fish Abella get the
guy real way at another fellow and the guy and
the guy.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
If the guy fallen, the.
Speaker 11 (03:09):
Guy and shook a higher higher fisher high yellow follow
and the guy and the guy. If the guy have
fallen the shank a higher higher fisher high yellow follow up.
Had the kyriea guy had the guy fish the ball?
Speaker 5 (03:17):
I cut the guy real way?
Speaker 11 (03:18):
It isould about another fellow had the kyrie guy had
the guy fishing well?
Speaker 5 (03:21):
I got the guy real way? At another fellow and
the guy and the guy. If the guy found the
guy and shank a higher, higher fish high, you'll follow.
Speaker 12 (03:28):
And the kind of guy.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
If the guy found the guy shank a.
Speaker 11 (03:31):
Higher higher fish high, you follow. Kyrie guy, had the
guy fish the ball? I got the guy real way?
Is about ano kyrie guy?
Speaker 12 (03:37):
Have the guy.
Speaker 11 (03:38):
Fisheblla cut the guy real We should put Anela fellow
nonmell and lookmel and look out now and another ship
the can and look and another ship control Sean. You
get a positive Shauna Seang. You can get a positive
shawna Noo the nokamell and Noki mall and nokime out
and Alma thentola nola. Then come come old, come out
(04:01):
an coundra gicking name better kicking me in countrakicking name
head ge ge gr gigging name of my head.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
Come old, come out, come out, and non comunds come
out come on.
Speaker 9 (04:17):
Whoa maybe how amazing?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
My god, you know what, I feel so minuscule because
they learn things like that on car rides they were
growing up.
Speaker 13 (04:31):
Fair It was an eight hour car ride to a
family reunion in New Jersey at the time.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Because there does that song what you're saying or or mouthing,
does it mean anything? Or they just sounds? And how
do you memorize all that.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
It does mean something?
Speaker 8 (04:47):
The third there's actually like three little mini tunes in
what we just did, And the third one is kind
of like a teasing tune talking about Alan, who is
going to get married and they're kind of teasing him,
you know, like before you get married. But these types
of songs we're done as work songs to kind of
(05:07):
keep the pace of of what you were doing.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Mindy, it's such a happy song, you know what I mean.
It just makes you feel good.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Honestly, that's exactly right. Yeah, just happy, be fun, so
fun you girls, you women, you lovely ladies. Sounded just beautiful.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
You were saying that that is that the point and
talking to the microphone there you can move it, it
moves to you.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Is that the point of Irish music?
Speaker 14 (05:34):
Having fun? Of course, than the Irish.
Speaker 8 (05:44):
There's a lot of story behind Irish music.
Speaker 5 (05:47):
It's so much.
Speaker 8 (05:48):
I mean, like just there are so many stories as
like most of the songs are story songs.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Any green beer, because if you did, I'd be really no, there's.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
No green beer in this studio. So we're gonna hear
something else for them here in a few minutes. But
I want to get back to Heather LeRoi, who again
is the director of Events for the City of Dublin,
So Dublin Irish Festival a major one Heather is is
this the kind of performances we can expect to see
and talk about storytelling and all that you do at
the festival.
Speaker 6 (06:21):
What's so great about Irish music even when we talk
about it, is there such a wide variety. So you
get this which is so so like rooted in history,
and then you get the new people who are coming
out with some really interesting things, like there's a whole
bunch of new like bluegrass and different things like that
that really have brought Celtic music and Irish music into.
Speaker 7 (06:43):
You know, today's music. So even if you think you
don't know any Irish music, if you go, it'll start
sounding like stuff that you like. Or stuff that you're
listening to do.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
I do love me some bluegrass at times, definitely, And
so it's interesting that you say that. So bring Mindy
and I up to speed. What are what are the
dates of the festival and tell us a little more
about how things are shaping up.
Speaker 6 (07:04):
So we are the first weekend in August, so from
the first through the third this year, and we're over
at Cuffin Park in Dublin. And what's really great is
we have tickets for a discounted price.
Speaker 7 (07:17):
Through July nineteenth.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
So we really want to encourage people to buy their
tickets because it's twenty dollars right now, but if you
wait to come to the festival, it's thirty dollars, so
it's a huge discount to get them online.
Speaker 15 (07:28):
Now.
Speaker 6 (07:29):
We also have packages because we have a lot of
different things at the festival. So some of the things
we have we have whiskey tastings, which I'm so excited
about when we're doing this year. That is Jamison Irish
are whiskey and we're working with the local company Black
Radish Creamery to do cheese.
Speaker 7 (07:47):
And whiskey tasting. It just sounds like a dream to meet.
But you know, so doing things like that, we try
to just kind of like every year that.
Speaker 6 (07:54):
You come, even if you've been before, we always think
there's stuff that you've seen before, but we always have
something new and exciting.
Speaker 13 (08:00):
And I think there's something all I mean absolutely all ages.
I mean there's the kids play area all the way
up to the soda bread and just and all the
folklore telling, and it's I.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
Think every time I talk to somebody who's never been
and goes for the first time, the first thing that
I always said to me is, I can't believe how
much was there and how big it is because you
don't think about you know, we have Viking reenactors. We
have a tent where they reenact a traditional Irish wake.
But then there's also yes, they have the Highland Games,
(08:38):
so they're throwing like the big stones that I tried
to lift one of those and I thought I was
gonna throw my back.
Speaker 7 (08:44):
Out and that was like the lightest one, you know.
So there's just kind of you know, and like the dogs.
The Irish dogs are everybody's favorite, you know.
Speaker 6 (08:51):
Everybody wants to come out and see the Irish setters
or the wolfhounds, you know.
Speaker 7 (08:55):
So there's just so much fun things to do. Every
I feel like you turn a corner and there's something different.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Well, and I'm for gross every year. I'm grossed every year.
There's so many more.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Say that again, Maybe go ahead say that again.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
I said, I'm sure it grows every year, and there's
so much stuff to do there. But you know, they
had me at the whiskey tasting thing because we were
just down in Natsville and the family did a moonshine tasting.
They put to this big old Smoky's bar and behind
you are all these different jars for moonshine and all
these different flavors. I as naive as I was, I
(09:31):
thought they were all like candles, different flavor of candles.
They're like, no, those are all different flavors of moonshine.
And I'm sure with whiskey it's the same thing. They
have all these different flavors of whiskey that you can
taste different profiles.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
And with the chees the cheese sounds like a be
like that. Yes, whiskey and cheese. I'm very very curious.
Speaker 7 (09:49):
Yeah, and I think it's great. I'm working at like
Black Reradish.
Speaker 6 (09:53):
They're from Central House so it's great and so we're
taking those Irish tastes but showing how you can kind
of match up with what do.
Speaker 7 (10:00):
You have hair.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
We're going to give away five pairs of tickets to
callers in just a minute, but many I think we
should take a break, come back and listen to another
song and do the giveaway.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
Then do you think that sounds good?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Sounds good?
Speaker 11 (10:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
No, Is this next song going to be a sad
one or no? I'm just kidding it, don't what's happened.
Speaker 14 (10:18):
It's all about the Dublin Irish Festival.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
It's about the Dublin Irish.
Speaker 14 (10:22):
And the girls and I did an arrangement on.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
It, so fantastic. Okay, well we'll do that after the break.
This is what matters on six.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Free back in studio talking about the Dublin Irish Festival.
Alison Leroy with the City of Dublin has joined Mindy
and I and Alison.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
It is it's less than a month away until the festival.
Speaker 6 (10:51):
I know, I was thinking, you just passed the fourth
of July and suddenly it's right around the car. But
we're so excited, like you know, my figure, the way
this weather has been this summer. I'm thinking it's going
to be seventy eight and sunny and beautiful.
Speaker 14 (11:04):
Oh I think right?
Speaker 7 (11:07):
How many of that break?
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Yeah, we're all over the ninety degree weather until nine
o'clock at night.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Mindy, I think we need to give away some tickets.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Let's do it. Let's have callers call in and you
know what they can Just what do you want to
just that take numbers? Since you're taking so many. I
mean you could say, what's your favorite Celtic song? But
I think that might be too hard for people. Although
you know what, ladies, I'm curious.
Speaker 15 (11:29):
I did look it up.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Tell me if you agree with this. I looked up
most famous Celtic songs of all time. Danny Boy, Molly Malone,
Whiskey and the Jar are all in there, and then
there was something listed as drunken lullabies. Do you guys
agree with those?
Speaker 7 (11:44):
I don't know the drunken lullaby?
Speaker 13 (11:49):
You should hear Hilda Doyle's version of Molly Malone. It
is hauntingly well.
Speaker 14 (11:54):
You can find that on iTunes and.
Speaker 5 (11:58):
Anywhere.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Yeah, okay, writing down and noting.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
So, yes, we are going to take five callers, and
each caller we'll get a pair of tickets courtesy of.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
The City of Dublin. Thank you so much, Allison.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
So give us a call right now before we hear
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favorite Celtic song to our producer Ashley back at the studio,
that is great as we get those calls to come
in Ashley if you want, if anyone wants to hang
(12:31):
on to say anything at the end, if we have
some time left, feel free but again six one four
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to the Dublin Irish Festival.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
So, ladies of Longford, what are we going to do now?
What is the song now?
Speaker 14 (12:49):
The song is entitled we Like It?
Speaker 5 (12:52):
We like it?
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Yes, And I have to say I'm sad that our
fiddle player is in here because she really kicks it
up a notch and gives it that Irish feel.
Speaker 14 (13:00):
But my daughters, I am so proud to be in
a band with them that it's a joy.
Speaker 12 (13:06):
I think you'll enjoy it anyway, Terble.
Speaker 5 (13:22):
Pirsh Festival. Tell everyone.
Speaker 9 (13:35):
That we like it.
Speaker 14 (13:38):
Irish bands and the Irish ways.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
We like it.
Speaker 14 (13:42):
Being Irish Shepherday.
Speaker 15 (13:44):
We like it.
Speaker 5 (13:47):
When we're here to sing, oh.
Speaker 15 (13:54):
Oh fiddles, Irish shot, feeling good, no big sabroad.
Speaker 9 (14:21):
That we like it.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
Irish bear and Irvous songs.
Speaker 6 (14:25):
You like it.
Speaker 14 (14:28):
Yes, time to get your Irish song.
Speaker 5 (14:30):
We like it, especially when you sing along.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (14:45):
So good, so good, bagpies.
Speaker 14 (14:52):
Slash first, loud and clean.
Speaker 5 (15:00):
Irish dancers. That's why we're Yeah, we like it. Miss
Jackson Irish reels, we like it.
Speaker 9 (15:16):
Hoppy in Irish makes.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
You feel We like it.
Speaker 5 (15:20):
Yeah, we know you can't sense him. Oh real girl, Yeah,
we like it.
Speaker 9 (15:38):
Irish Jackson, Irish reels, we like it.
Speaker 5 (15:43):
Hoppy in the Irish makes you feel.
Speaker 15 (15:45):
We like it.
Speaker 5 (15:47):
Yes, we know you can't stand still.
Speaker 9 (15:54):
Oh hey, maybe we need more love music in the studio.
Speaker 6 (16:09):
I like it.
Speaker 12 (16:11):
I have I think we like it.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Mikayla. Yeah, I have three things to say, Okay, I
like it. I guess they could say.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Three words, three words, three words, I mean three words.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
I like it?
Speaker 14 (16:28):
Is that hard?
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Is that hard to learn songs like that?
Speaker 11 (16:30):
Ladies?
Speaker 2 (16:31):
No?
Speaker 9 (16:33):
She wrote that one.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
It's to write that.
Speaker 14 (16:36):
Though it only this one took a while. I mean
not the lyrics, but the music and uh kind of
giving it in my head.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
I tried it several different ways, and our little niches
to to do traditional Irish things but in a contemporary way.
And it's the fiddle, the instruments that kind of bring
it back and give that Irish.
Speaker 14 (16:58):
Fect to it. That's why we miss our fiddle who
would have played a real in the middle of that.
Speaker 7 (17:02):
And her name is Elizabeth Blick and stuff. I'm not
sure if we said that earlier.
Speaker 5 (17:05):
And we just love.
Speaker 9 (17:09):
Well, mindy.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
This has been such a treat this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
Oh it sounds I really really miss not being there
in person to see all you awesome ladies. But it
really was cool to hear it too, Just to hear
it and kind of close your eyes and envision at all.
I can just imagine how awesome the Dublin Fest is
going to be this.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Year, Allison. It looks like it's going to be a
really great lineup.
Speaker 5 (17:32):
All the reasons for us to like it.
Speaker 6 (17:33):
Yeah, the lineup is amazing, so it's we can't wait
for the you know, just to hear the music it's gonna.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
Be so good, catchy and the yeah, the vibe of
it all all right, So if you haven't called in
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TVN Ladies of Longford, Alison LARROI, thank you so much
for being in with us today.
Speaker 7 (17:52):
Thanks, thank you, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
This is what
I just said, here we go, guys, but what I
really needed to say was here we go ladies, Mindy,
because we have a special group to perform in the
studio while you're there in Myrtle today.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Now I know that we also put these segments on
Facebook Live, so people can obviously tune in right now
and see what these ladies look like. But can you
describe it for me and for everyone listening right now? Well,
so what do we're not look like?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
They're not in costume.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
I would say that the audio is going to tell
the story we're talking about the but wave ladies to
Facebook Live.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Your camera's over there.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
So these are the ladies of Longford and we're going
to talk and give away tickets to the Dublin Irish Festival.
Here in a moment with Heather Leroy, director of Events.
Thank you so much for being here.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
It's great.
Speaker 6 (00:49):
I mean, this is so fun to come and talk
about Irish Festival. Since we're now in July, it seems
like it's right around the corner.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Right around the corner, But ladies, it is so Hilda Doyle,
Stephanie Doyle and Heather Doyle for is You're welcome to
the studio.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 7 (01:03):
We're happy to be here.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
I would love to he Wait a minute, Wait a minute,
MICHAELA the Doyle. They got to be the Doyle sisters, right.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Yeah, the Ladies of Longford are the Doyle Sisters.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
And there's a plus one who is not here today
that is unrelated, correct direct. She's from Louisville. She's doing
some Celtic from like, but she's a louis Old girl.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
So it's so fun. Ladies, can you guys describe your name?
How did you come up with the name.
Speaker 8 (01:27):
We came up with the name because this is howther
my dad's heritage. His ancestors are from Longford County in Ireland,
and so when we started this group, we were trying
to find a connection to that and it just seemed like, hey,
Ladies of Longford, that sounds like a good idea.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Oh yeah, and kind of rolls off your tongue. I
love it, lol, hellol.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
So this this first piece and we have some time
with you guys. Mindy, because I forgot we don't have
a segment the next one we could continue, so ladies,
tell us what we're going to hear first.
Speaker 8 (02:01):
We're gonna sing a Gaelic mouth tune for you, so
you won't know what we're saying, and we don't really either.
But we learned this song phonetically probably twenty three years
twenty three years ago on a car ride.
Speaker 7 (02:18):
So it's a very long car ride. We know that
we know the basic gest of the story.
Speaker 9 (02:22):
But yeah, okay, well here we go.
Speaker 10 (02:27):
Havan Jake, Nicoda, La Haban, Jake nicarda you La Haban
Jake Nicola Halas Calonica heard a climb ooh Lahomo negga
bing you a lahomoving you lahom mona Saho Venim Havan Jake, Nicola,
La Havan Jake, Nicara La Hamon Yake Nicola Lasklanica heard
(02:49):
a climb ooh Lahomo n negga bing you a Lahoma
nickam you a Lahoma Saho.
Speaker 11 (02:56):
Sleven have the guy Ria Kai had the guy fish
to ball I cut the guy real way Anela Fellow
had the Kyrie have the guy fish Abella get the
guy real way at another fellow and the guy and
the guy.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
If the guy fallen, the.
Speaker 11 (03:09):
Guy and shook a higher higher fisher high yellow follow
and the guy and the guy. If the guy have
fallen the shank a higher higher fisher high yellow follow up.
Had the kyriea guy had the guy fish the ball?
Speaker 5 (03:17):
I cut the guy real way?
Speaker 11 (03:18):
It isould about another fellow had the kyrie guy had
the guy fishing well?
Speaker 5 (03:21):
I got the guy real way? At another fellow and
the guy and the guy. If the guy found the
guy and shank a higher, higher fish high, you'll follow.
Speaker 12 (03:28):
And the kind of guy.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
If the guy found the guy shank a.
Speaker 11 (03:31):
Higher higher fish high, you follow. Kyrie guy, had the
guy fish the ball? I got the guy real way?
Is about ano kyrie guy?
Speaker 12 (03:37):
Have the guy.
Speaker 11 (03:38):
Fisheblla cut the guy real We should put Anela fellow
nonmell and lookmel and look out now and another ship
the can and look and another ship control Sean. You
get a positive Shauna Seang. You can get a positive
shawna Noo the nokamell and Noki mall and nokime out
and Alma thentola nola. Then come come old, come out
(04:01):
an coundra gicking name better kicking me in countrakicking name
head ge ge gr gigging name of my head.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
Come old, come out, come out, and non comunds come
out come on.
Speaker 9 (04:17):
Whoa maybe how amazing?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
My god, you know what, I feel so minuscule because
they learn things like that on car rides they were
growing up.
Speaker 13 (04:31):
Fair It was an eight hour car ride to a
family reunion in New Jersey at the time.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Because there does that song what you're saying or or mouthing,
does it mean anything? Or they just sounds? And how
do you memorize all that.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
It does mean something?
Speaker 8 (04:47):
The third there's actually like three little mini tunes in
what we just did, And the third one is kind
of like a teasing tune talking about Alan, who is
going to get married and they're kind of teasing him,
you know, like before you get married. But these types
of songs we're done as work songs to kind of
(05:07):
keep the pace of of what you were doing.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Mindy, it's such a happy song, you know what I mean.
It just makes you feel good.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Honestly, that's exactly right. Yeah, just happy, be fun, so
fun you girls, you women, you lovely ladies. Sounded just beautiful.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
You were saying that that is that the point and
talking to the microphone there you can move it, it
moves to you.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Is that the point of Irish music?
Speaker 14 (05:34):
Having fun? Of course, than the Irish.
Speaker 8 (05:44):
There's a lot of story behind Irish music.
Speaker 5 (05:47):
It's so much.
Speaker 8 (05:48):
I mean, like just there are so many stories as
like most of the songs are story songs.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Any green beer, because if you did, I'd be really no, there's.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
No green beer in this studio. So we're gonna hear
something else for them here in a few minutes. But
I want to get back to Heather LeRoi, who again
is the director of Events for the City of Dublin,
So Dublin Irish Festival a major one Heather is is
this the kind of performances we can expect to see
and talk about storytelling and all that you do at
the festival.
Speaker 6 (06:21):
What's so great about Irish music even when we talk
about it, is there such a wide variety. So you
get this which is so so like rooted in history,
and then you get the new people who are coming
out with some really interesting things, like there's a whole
bunch of new like bluegrass and different things like that
that really have brought Celtic music and Irish music into.
Speaker 7 (06:43):
You know, today's music. So even if you think you
don't know any Irish music, if you go, it'll start
sounding like stuff that you like. Or stuff that you're
listening to do.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
I do love me some bluegrass at times, definitely, And
so it's interesting that you say that. So bring Mindy
and I up to speed. What are what are the
dates of the festival and tell us a little more
about how things are shaping up.
Speaker 6 (07:04):
So we are the first weekend in August, so from
the first through the third this year, and we're over
at Cuffin Park in Dublin. And what's really great is
we have tickets for a discounted price.
Speaker 7 (07:17):
Through July nineteenth.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
So we really want to encourage people to buy their
tickets because it's twenty dollars right now, but if you
wait to come to the festival, it's thirty dollars, so
it's a huge discount to get them online.
Speaker 15 (07:28):
Now.
Speaker 6 (07:29):
We also have packages because we have a lot of
different things at the festival. So some of the things
we have we have whiskey tastings, which I'm so excited
about when we're doing this year. That is Jamison Irish
are whiskey and we're working with the local company Black
Radish Creamery to do cheese.
Speaker 7 (07:47):
And whiskey tasting. It just sounds like a dream to meet.
But you know, so doing things like that, we try
to just kind of like every year that.
Speaker 6 (07:54):
You come, even if you've been before, we always think
there's stuff that you've seen before, but we always have
something new and exciting.
Speaker 13 (08:00):
And I think there's something all I mean absolutely all ages.
I mean there's the kids play area all the way
up to the soda bread and just and all the
folklore telling, and it's I.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
Think every time I talk to somebody who's never been
and goes for the first time, the first thing that
I always said to me is, I can't believe how
much was there and how big it is because you
don't think about you know, we have Viking reenactors. We
have a tent where they reenact a traditional Irish wake.
But then there's also yes, they have the Highland Games,
(08:38):
so they're throwing like the big stones that I tried
to lift one of those and I thought I was
gonna throw my back.
Speaker 7 (08:44):
Out and that was like the lightest one, you know.
So there's just kind of you know, and like the dogs.
The Irish dogs are everybody's favorite, you know.
Speaker 6 (08:51):
Everybody wants to come out and see the Irish setters
or the wolfhounds, you know.
Speaker 7 (08:55):
So there's just so much fun things to do. Every
I feel like you turn a corner and there's something different.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Well, and I'm for gross every year. I'm grossed every year.
There's so many more.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Say that again, Maybe go ahead say that again.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
I said, I'm sure it grows every year, and there's
so much stuff to do there. But you know, they
had me at the whiskey tasting thing because we were
just down in Natsville and the family did a moonshine tasting.
They put to this big old Smoky's bar and behind
you are all these different jars for moonshine and all
these different flavors. I as naive as I was, I
(09:31):
thought they were all like candles, different flavor of candles.
They're like, no, those are all different flavors of moonshine.
And I'm sure with whiskey it's the same thing. They
have all these different flavors of whiskey that you can
taste different profiles.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
And with the chees the cheese sounds like a be
like that. Yes, whiskey and cheese. I'm very very curious.
Speaker 7 (09:49):
Yeah, and I think it's great. I'm working at like
Black Reradish.
Speaker 6 (09:53):
They're from Central House so it's great and so we're
taking those Irish tastes but showing how you can kind
of match up with what do.
Speaker 7 (10:00):
You have hair.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
We're going to give away five pairs of tickets to
callers in just a minute, but many I think we
should take a break, come back and listen to another
song and do the giveaway.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
Then do you think that sounds good?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Sounds good?
Speaker 11 (10:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
No, Is this next song going to be a sad
one or no? I'm just kidding it, don't what's happened.
Speaker 14 (10:18):
It's all about the Dublin Irish Festival.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
It's about the Dublin Irish.
Speaker 14 (10:22):
And the girls and I did an arrangement on.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
It, so fantastic. Okay, well we'll do that after the break.
This is what matters on six.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Free back in studio talking about the Dublin Irish Festival.
Alison Leroy with the City of Dublin has joined Mindy
and I and Alison.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
It is it's less than a month away until the festival.
Speaker 6 (10:51):
I know, I was thinking, you just passed the fourth
of July and suddenly it's right around the car. But
we're so excited, like you know, my figure, the way
this weather has been this summer. I'm thinking it's going
to be seventy eight and sunny and beautiful.
Speaker 14 (11:04):
Oh I think right?
Speaker 7 (11:07):
How many of that break?
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Yeah, we're all over the ninety degree weather until nine
o'clock at night.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Mindy, I think we need to give away some tickets.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Let's do it. Let's have callers call in and you
know what they can Just what do you want to
just that take numbers? Since you're taking so many. I
mean you could say, what's your favorite Celtic song? But
I think that might be too hard for people. Although
you know what, ladies, I'm curious.
Speaker 15 (11:29):
I did look it up.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Tell me if you agree with this. I looked up
most famous Celtic songs of all time. Danny Boy, Molly Malone,
Whiskey and the Jar are all in there, and then
there was something listed as drunken lullabies. Do you guys
agree with those?
Speaker 7 (11:44):
I don't know the drunken lullaby?
Speaker 13 (11:49):
You should hear Hilda Doyle's version of Molly Malone. It
is hauntingly well.
Speaker 14 (11:54):
You can find that on iTunes and.
Speaker 5 (11:58):
Anywhere.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Yeah, okay, writing down and noting.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
So, yes, we are going to take five callers, and
each caller we'll get a pair of tickets courtesy of.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
The City of Dublin. Thank you so much, Allison.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
So give us a call right now before we hear
a final song six one four eight two one WTVN.
That is six one four eight two one nine eight
eighty six. And if you want to throw out your
favorite Celtic song to our producer Ashley back at the studio,
that is great as we get those calls to come
in Ashley if you want, if anyone wants to hang
(12:31):
on to say anything at the end, if we have
some time left, feel free but again six one four
eight two one WTVN six one four eight two one
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Speaker 3 (12:45):
So, ladies of Longford, what are we going to do now?
What is the song now?
Speaker 14 (12:49):
The song is entitled we Like It?
Speaker 5 (12:52):
We like it?
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Yes, And I have to say I'm sad that our
fiddle player is in here because she really kicks it
up a notch and gives it that Irish feel.
Speaker 14 (13:00):
But my daughters, I am so proud to be in
a band with them that it's a joy.
Speaker 12 (13:06):
I think you'll enjoy it anyway, Terble.
Speaker 5 (13:22):
Pirsh Festival. Tell everyone.
Speaker 9 (13:35):
That we like it.
Speaker 14 (13:38):
Irish bands and the Irish ways.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
We like it.
Speaker 14 (13:42):
Being Irish Shepherday.
Speaker 15 (13:44):
We like it.
Speaker 5 (13:47):
When we're here to sing, oh.
Speaker 15 (13:54):
Oh fiddles, Irish shot, feeling good, no big sabroad.
Speaker 9 (14:21):
That we like it.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
Irish bear and Irvous songs.
Speaker 6 (14:25):
You like it.
Speaker 14 (14:28):
Yes, time to get your Irish song.
Speaker 5 (14:30):
We like it, especially when you sing along.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (14:45):
So good, so good, bagpies.
Speaker 14 (14:52):
Slash first, loud and clean.
Speaker 5 (15:00):
Irish dancers. That's why we're Yeah, we like it. Miss
Jackson Irish reels, we like it.
Speaker 9 (15:16):
Hoppy in Irish makes.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
You feel We like it.
Speaker 5 (15:20):
Yeah, we know you can't sense him. Oh real girl, Yeah,
we like it.
Speaker 9 (15:38):
Irish Jackson, Irish reels, we like it.
Speaker 5 (15:43):
Hoppy in the Irish makes you feel.
Speaker 15 (15:45):
We like it.
Speaker 5 (15:47):
Yes, we know you can't stand still.
Speaker 9 (15:54):
Oh hey, maybe we need more love music in the studio.
Speaker 6 (16:09):
I like it.
Speaker 12 (16:11):
I have I think we like it.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Mikayla. Yeah, I have three things to say, Okay, I
like it. I guess they could say.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Three words, three words, three words, I mean three words.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
I like it?
Speaker 14 (16:28):
Is that hard?
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Is that hard to learn songs like that?
Speaker 11 (16:30):
Ladies?
Speaker 2 (16:31):
No?
Speaker 9 (16:33):
She wrote that one.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
It's to write that.
Speaker 14 (16:36):
Though it only this one took a while. I mean
not the lyrics, but the music and uh kind of
giving it in my head.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
I tried it several different ways, and our little niches
to to do traditional Irish things but in a contemporary way.
And it's the fiddle, the instruments that kind of bring
it back and give that Irish.
Speaker 14 (16:58):
Fect to it. That's why we miss our fiddle who
would have played a real in the middle of that.
Speaker 7 (17:02):
And her name is Elizabeth Blick and stuff. I'm not
sure if we said that earlier.
Speaker 5 (17:05):
And we just love.
Speaker 9 (17:09):
Well, mindy.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
This has been such a treat this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
Oh it sounds I really really miss not being there
in person to see all you awesome ladies. But it
really was cool to hear it too, Just to hear
it and kind of close your eyes and envision at all.
I can just imagine how awesome the Dublin Fest is
going to be this.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Year, Allison. It looks like it's going to be a
really great lineup.
Speaker 5 (17:32):
All the reasons for us to like it.
Speaker 6 (17:33):
Yeah, the lineup is amazing, so it's we can't wait
for the you know, just to hear the music it's gonna.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
Be so good, catchy and the yeah, the vibe of
it all all right, So if you haven't called in
six one four eight two one nine eighty eight six
to Windows Tickets six one four eight two one w
TVN Ladies of Longford, Alison LARROI, thank you so much
for being in with us today.
Speaker 7 (17:52):
Thanks, thank you, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
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