Ireland With Michael – S3E1 Puccini in the Pub / The Iveragh Peninsula

Michael learns about Charlie Chaplin’s love for Kerry and his particular fondness for the Butler Arms Hotel in Waterville. Ireland’s leading opera tenor, Gavan Ring guides us around Cahiciveen to hear some local song and something far more exotic. Michael hears about Daniel O Connell, the great liberator and his friendship with Frederick Douglas. Despite a fear of heights Michael bravely climbs to the top of Cahergall Fort for a view of Skellig Michael, site of 2 Star Wars movies and the Atlantic beyond. Folk singer Aoife Scott sings Wild Atlantic Way,

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