Today we hooked up with the Folk Legacy Trio tour. We became aware of the Folk Legacy Trio in Bartlesville, Oklahoma while traveling "Route 66" (see our travelswithsandy.com post Oct 7, 2021). Sandy signed up for their Facebook page, we became aware that they were going to sponsor a 9 day tour in Ireland, and Bingo, Bango, Bongo here we are climbing on a bus with a group of other aging folk music lovers and a number of musicians, plus the Folk Legend Trio. Sort of, Jerry and Rick are with us, George had to stay home and heal a detached retina. Nothing serious, he just can't fly for a while. Fortunately the gentleman who organized this trip is also a professional musician and he is stepping in for George. (by googling Folk Legacy Trio, their music can be heard - a number of youtube and facebook posts also)
The tour then went on to the small village of Trim and checked into the Trim Castle Hotel. Most of the other tour group had just flown in from the U.S., so while they were working out their jet-lag issues, Sandy and I explored a little around the town. Trim was once a center of power for the Anglo-Norman rule of Ireland. And, the most obvious manifestation of that is the "Trim Castle Ruins", the largest Medieval Castle in Ireland. The castle was lived in as a fortified home for just less than 100 years, however it was maintained as a significant military presence from its construction in 1174 until shortly after Cromwell's reign. After-which it passed from hand to hand but no longer as a military stronghold.
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