Tuesday April 12th Comhaltas Monkstown-Guinness Store House-Dinner at Temple Bar

 We have been in Dublin for a couple of days. Tuesday we prepared ourselves for a visit to a town called Monkstown which was a bit different from where we were staying in Dublin. This place is known for providing good traditional Irish dance music and arranging Irish river dance shows for the music. From the minute we walked into the hall where some Irishmen were waiting for us, you could feel the warm and inviting atmosphere around the fireplace at the center of the hall, as they were greeting us. The Irishmen gave us a taste of live Irish dance music, and they talked about its background. We also heard about the Irish dance music’s development and the instruments. They also taught us to dance real Irish step dance, as a result of the students’ excitement and enthusiasm about dancing. They were very polite, and they were willing to answer all sorts of questions we had. They even offered us tea and some biscuits. After this instructive show we took a train from the Irish rail DART, back to Dublin. 
This trip has been very nice, and we think you should consider going to this district on every “Dublin-Belfast” class trip, because you learn thoroughly about the most well-known music culture in the world! We have also learned to expand our horizons and see how other cultures can make you happy, such as the step dancing to Irish music.


TUESDAY AFTERNOON  Visit at Guinness Store House + Evening  farewell dinner and the rest of it.

  by Shannon and Nikolaj


 

By DART to Comhaltas, Monkshill,  Dunleary. Cultural Centre visit by Sharon and Michael

Anders  plays the Danish tune "Molbodrengens Hopsa" and students join in. 

Neef teaches Danish students how to dance the Irish way