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Ep. 138 Today's Peep Unveils an Unforgettable Irish Expedition, Highlights Cliffs of Moher Magic, Sheep Farm Frolics, Killarney & Kilkenny Pub Hops, Unexpected Dublin Airport Chaos Turned Comedic Solidarity, and Our Musical Journey Tribute
Ever wondered what it's like to truly discover your roots while experiencing the magic of a faraway land? Join me on my journey across Ireland as I uncover my Walsh heritage, marvel at the Cliffs of Moher, and get up close with the sheep on a charming farm. With our remarkable guides, Daniel and Bernie, and the unwavering support of my friend Darlyne, this trip was nothing short of spectacular. From the vibrant pubs of Killarney and Kilkenny to unforgettable moments at the Jameson distillery and Guinness factory, you'll feel the heartbeat of Irish culture, music, and the warmth of its people.
But it wasn't all smooth sailing. Picture this: a five-and-a-half-hour delay at Dublin Airport due to a power outage. The chaos, the long lines, the broken luggage, and the incredible patience (or lack thereof) from fellow travelers. Hear firsthand accounts from group members like Tammy, Lisa, Dennis, and Eve as we wade through the pandemonium. Yet, amid the frustration, the camaraderie and resilience of Pat's Peeps truly shone, turning a stressful situation into a story of solidarity and humor.
As our adventure draws to a close, I reflect on the profound impact of Ireland's history and landscapes while expressing my gratitude to the listeners of Pat's Peeps. From heartwarming moments of musical discovery to the trials of travel chaos, this episode is a tribute to the indomitable spirit of both the Irish and our travel group. Tune in for a heartfelt and entertaining recount of our Irish escapade, and get ready for more tales and tunes in our upcoming adventures.
We are back. It's the Pats Peeps podcast. Hey, how are you? Hey, fresh back from Ireland, learning about my heritage. It's P's Peeps Number 138. I was able to do a few of them while I was in the Emerald Isle. Wish I could have done one every day. But man, we were on the move, on the move, baby Rolling, rolling, rolling. Hey, it's a what. Is this? A Tuesday? You have to understand. I'm still suffering from a wee bit of jet lag. Just a wee bit of jet lag, just a wee bit of jet lag. Tuesday, september the 17th, and this is the day that I look out my studio window in the beautiful foothills. It's nice to be back in Northern California and it's a cool, beautiful day we came back to.
Speaker 1:The weather in Ireland was very unpredictable. On my radio show, by the way, I'm Pat Walsh, so nice to be with you. But on my radio show which, by the way, is the Pat Walsh Show on KPK Radio, heard nationally and internationally on your free iHeart app, one of the things that, uh, that we were able to do, we? Well, we had a caller call in and say you know, pat, don't I? Because I looked up the average temperature. This is what I did, looked up the average temperature in Ireland, which was a mistake to begin with 59 degrees. I thought, well, that's pretty nice, 59. But you always have to be careful to dress in layers. And I had someone call my radio show and she said you know, pat, yeah, don't worry about the average temp thing, don't worry about. You need to dress in layers. And she could not have been more correct. You dress in layers because you could never quite tell what the weather was going to do that day Now, which is the same thing as it's been since I got back, which I think was last night, maybe it was, I've lost track of time Maybe it was Sunday night, I think it was Sunday night. It's kind of a blur, but anyhow, she was absolutely correct. You have to dress in layers, I will say, and that's kind of what the weather is like right now in Northern California.
Speaker 1:But I will say this we were so lucky going on this tour, pat's Peeps tour, with conservative tours. It was the Pat's Peeps group man. You ask anyone on the Pats Peeps group whether or not we had a good time. We really did. But you know what? We brought the beautiful weather with us because they told us our liaison, our bus driver, daniel, fantastic Bernie, come on now. It doesn't get any better. These people have skills and they're so fun and so kind and we had a blast. But they said you know what, generally the Irish weather full of ages rain, like.
Speaker 1:We went out to the Cliffs of Moher, which was stunning, and you know, it is just this beautiful day Someone was playing a Celtic tune on a fiddle in the distance as you look over these spectacular cliffs. But they will tell you that generally, a lot of times most of the times, as a matter of fact, that they go out there because it's right there, the Atlantic Ocean, but that it's just raining. Man, the rain is coming down. So, yeah, if you want to see it, you get off the coach, you get out of your car, whatever it is, and you go over there and you're getting poured, you're getting drenched. We didn't have that. We went to a farm where they shear sheep and they have these sheep dogs and we watched the demonstrations out in this beautiful green field and you know what? It wasn't raining on us. Um, it was gorgeous. There was a little tiny bit of rain, but the point is we had beautiful weather, so we were blessed in that regards, and I do want to say, as I begin, number 138, yes, ireland is beautiful.
Speaker 1:Yes, learning about my heritage was something I truly enjoyed. I want to say thank you to Conservative Tours, but here's the thing we had such a great group of people, this group of people that we traveled with absolutely, of people that we traveled with Absolutely Just. You can't ask for better people to travel with. I could name them all, but I'm not going to, because if I leave anyone out, I'll be ashamed of myself. Suffice it to say, if you're listening to my podcast, fun. I met new friends and I'll be staying in contact the best I possibly can.
Speaker 1:Finally got into this WhatsApp thing, which I didn't even. I really never even knew what that was. It was explained to me. But the Pats Peeps group, we share this. Whatsapp, which is a thing where you can, you know, share all your pictures, your videos. Whatsapp, which is a thing where you can, you know, share all your pictures, your videos, keep in touch with everyone in the group. It's pretty handy and then just everyone shares and anyhow. So thank you to our group.
Speaker 1:Now there are so many experiences that I want to mention to you. There are so many experiences that I want to mention to you regarding Ireland. First of all, thank you to Darlene with a Y. What a sweetheart I mean. First of all, she picks me up from the airport, her and John, thank you. I mean, you're just a great, great friend. You're beyond a great friend. You're like my family and I'm just so blessed she brought me chicken pot pies today. This woman goes out of her way, this beautiful lady, darlene I know you're listening and I mean it. I mean, geez, you're the best friend anyone can have, and I've said that before my podcast, but she proves it over and over. So thank you to all of those people for going out of their way and for traveling with us.
Speaker 1:Ireland. I posted this on my social media yesterday Thank you, oh my God, thank you so much. You know, you showed me something. Ireland. I went over there, I couldn't wait. I had an image in my mind and I saw that directly in the pubs in Killarney and in Kilkenny. I saw that, I envisioned it and I saw the Irish music in the pubs and and we all had such a good time drinking Guinness and drinking whiskey, and going to the Jameson distillery on Bow Street in Dublin, going to the Guinness factory in Dublin, but going to Dingle, the Dingle Peninsula, visiting the monastery where St Kevin's Church is the real original sanctuary city. When sanctuary cities were for people who needed sanctuary, they were going to be murdered.
Speaker 1:Essentially For learning again heritage, which in my case I found out I'm from the Normans that if your name is Walsh, like mine, and you have an E at the end, you're not from Kilkenny. If you have no E, you're from Kilkenny and I'm from Kilkenny. My family heritage, they said the number one surname in Kilkenny is Walsh. And as they're saying that to me, bernie, our tour guide, is also saying and Patrick, we're traveling down Patrick Street in Kilkenny where the top surname is Walsh, and we're going to go to this bridge which William Walsh saved, this bridge, and I'm going to shout it out oh my gosh, that's my dad, william Walsh is my pops, but not the same Bill Walsh and not the same Bill Walsh that coached the Niners, thank you. By the way, my Rams got hammered Just to digress, didn't miss that.
Speaker 1:I also found out my name in Irish. Here I am in my late 40s I'll give you a second and I finally found out my name in Irish Poreg O'Brocknock. Poreg O'Brocknock is my name in Irish, poreg O'Brocknock. I couldn't believe it, Really learned something about myself.
Speaker 1:The people, though, my gosh. The sweetest, kindest, most gentle people, gracious hosts, the music for a country that has seen so much hardship with the potato famine. You hear about the potato famine, but really go listen to what happened, to the civilizations that lived out on remote islands in the Atlantic that at one point dwindled down to 22 because they just couldn't survive anymore. To learn about the schlong to gather the peat. There's no trees. How are you going to burn and keep your family warm? How are you going to cook? Well, you got to have a long schlong. That's a true story. I'll explain that on my radio show tonight. We kind of did a little bit on a previous podcast. Maybe you heard that. By the way, you're probably going to hear I always try to keep the show a bit separated from the podcast, but I can tell you this already when I go on my show tonight, if you listen, which I sure hope you do, I'm going to be repeating a lot of this, because not everyone has and I wish they would has either been able to find my podcast.
Speaker 1:Please help them. If funny, if you know anyone who likes my show or you know if you'd recommend my podcast and maybe show them how to get the podcast. I do find out that people don't. I'm not sure how to do that and I I really try to make it as simple as possible for everyone, but I'd be very grateful for that. But I just wanted to say that I'm probably going to be repeating a lot of this tonight, but that's okay.
Speaker 1:The gracious host music coming from pubs, that is so just. It's not like hey, we're putting it on for the tourists, no, no, no, this is what they do. I mean, they play some great American music too. You could just tell their love for American music. But it's the Irish music. It's always so cheerful, even when it's death. Ah, his family. You know, it's always like fun, like upbeat.
Speaker 1:We went to Dan O'Hara's house, as I mentioned the story. You know this man is a prominent person in town. He fed his family. He had a stone home. This man worked hard for his kids. I think he had four kids, I might be wrong on that. Then he realizes here's a potato famine comes along. His family's going to starve. He puts his family on a boat.
Speaker 1:Now imagine this. You're going to go from Ireland to America on a boat sailing the Atlantic. You put your kids and your wife on there. You're making a call for them. They know you have to do it. On the trip over there, your wife perishes, as does three of your kids. When you get to America, you can't speak good English and you're relegated to crap jobs. Look at the Irish history. You want to talk about reparations? I guess they don't count. Anyhow, I digress, don't get me started.
Speaker 1:I was in such a good mood in Ireland. Oh my gosh. You want to know why they represent Ireland with green, because it's green. People try to. You know. They try to dry their clothes. You do see some clothes on the clotheslines. They say it takes like 3, 4, 5 days, sometimes longer, to dry your clothes, but they're great hosts and I thank them for that. And I do want to return. I go on these trips and I want to go back and I want to live there for just a while. I want to return. I go on these trips and I want to go back and I want to live there for a while. It's just a while. I want to spend time there one of the things I love about conservative tours shout out to them as well, who provide the Pats Peeps group with these wonderful tours is that you do get to see a lot of areas and a lot of things, which, for me because we get to see so many things in so many areas Lake Major, and you know I mean Orvieto or Siena, over in Italy or Austria or Germany, you know just some of these.
Speaker 1:Rothenburg, I mean some of these special places, white City it makes me think like you can find places that you really like. You've seen a lot. Now you can pick out a few places and think you know, maybe I come back sometime, maybe I'll go to this town for a couple of weeks, or maybe I'll spend a month here sometime, maybe I'll travel over here and spend some time in this area. Maybe I, like Tuscany, I'll spend a little time there. Whatever it is, rothenburg, still one of my favorite places in Germany. I'd love to be there for Christmas and also I feel so blessed that I've seen all these places and then I can literally describe them. I always wondered whether or not I'd have that opportunity. I'll talk more about Ireland on my show tonight.
Speaker 1:I shot a lot of social media from Ireland, you know, um, it's just not always about me, I'm just not. I do post pictures. You know, there's tons of pictures up there. I shot videos. Oh, to the blarney stone, at the blarney stone gardens. Just to answer your questions, no, I didn't kiss the blarney stone, you know. I going to tell you why. Because over there, yeah, I I just um, no, I just didn't, I just I'll save that, I'll save it, other than to tell you that I'm glad I didn't, because everyone, you know it's a tour, it's a thing you know, and it takes a while to get up there and that's fine, no big deal. But but if you go see that and you're on a schedule, you would miss the gardens. And no one ever talks about the Blarney Castle Gardens. If you see my video that I posted on social media, on Facebook, I mean, it doesn't even do it justice. I try, but it is overwhelmingly beautiful. I felt like suddenly I was in that old TV show, land of the Giants or whatever. That was, where everything was bigger than you, these plants. I'd never seen anything like this. So I'll just suffice it to say and I'll probably get into that more on my show this evening, like I said, but I was at the Blarney Stone but didn't kiss it. A lot of it had to do well, part of it had to do with heights, but anyhow, anyhow. So now a couple of other things. The trip was wonderful. The day coming back was not. It was anything but wonderful.
Speaker 1:Perhaps you heard about what happened. I did post about this too on Facebook, about the delays at the Dublin airport. We didn't know what was going on. It was absolutely unbelievable.
Speaker 1:Suddenly we found ourselves standing there At first, you know, because we had to be up at 5 am after having a late night before that, which was fantastic that evening the previous evening, but early morning, still tired. You get to the airport, you're expecting to go through your routine that you always do at the airport. However, we suddenly realized, geez, we haven't moved. Like, what's going on? How come we haven't moved? Now it's 5, you know it's almost 6. Nothing's going on. Now it's five, you know it's almost six, nothing's going on, no one's moving. Like, what's what? What is happening?
Speaker 1:And then we realize that the conveyor belts aren't moving. We're thinking well, wait a second. There's no conveyor belts. Did the conveyor belts break? Did someone? You know? We're thinking did they throw a, a circuit in the back. Are there people in the back like going through it? Oh my god, switch the circuit. What happened, ralph? Get us. Ralphie, get a circuit.
Speaker 1:Honey, hi, you know what happened to the site. Gets here, hi, I know it's I, I'm, it's my life, it's my. Uh, fake irish accent, irish brog. What happened to the sons of bitches? The fuse is out Like they're panicking. Well, they had nothing to do with it.
Speaker 1:Suddenly we realize there's a couple hours going by, there ain't nothing happening. Then we realize, uh-oh, they're going to. Everything's down. What? It's? A blackout. We're in the airport, terminal 2. This is astonishing to me. I'll just start by saying a five and a half hour experience. Okay, five and a half hours. We have no idea what's happening. Okay, five and a half hours, we have no idea what's happening. We're standing around in lines, people are going crazy, people are asleep in line, people are angry, other people are just being very patient. But it was crazy. I've never experienced anything like it.
Speaker 1:This had nothing to do with our tour. This was strictly at the airport Terminal 2, to be specific, we go into Terminal 2 this very morning when, of all mornings, dublin is hit with a blackout. The airport out. All of a sudden, the lights are out, except for these emergency lights. As you can imagine, this was tough sledding man. We're like what is happening now.
Speaker 1:I took that opportunity to express my unhappiness that morning. This is before we even knew what was happening. We did not know there was going to be a power outage. And then I'm going to play. This is from that morning as we're standing in line. Had I known this was going to be a major story on the Irish news, on the front page of their business section, I would have certainly done more of a podcast than I did here, but I didn't really want to bug everyone in line. I didn't think it was going to last. I couldn't believe how it was lasting. So, anyhow, this is me. This is some of us Me and some of the Pats Peeps group at the airport in Dublin, before we even know that there's a blackout. We're trying to figure out what's going on. 658 AM in Dublin Airport. The conveyor belts aren't working.
Speaker 2:I just need to get some Huh.
Speaker 1:I need to get some strong rugby players in here to carry our man. Yeah, that sounds like a great idea. I have no energy to do a podcast, but which I don't enjoy. So, tammy, are you enjoying the long delay? No, I'm not, you're not. Are you Lisa with an E? Are you enjoying the long delay at the Dublin Airport here?
Speaker 2:No, but this doesn't surprise me. This always happens at the airlines. Yeah, it always happens.
Speaker 1:A lot I've. This doesn't surprise me. This always happens at the airlines. Yeah, it always happens A lot. I've never seen a conveyor belt malfunction.
Speaker 2:They malfunction when you're standing there waiting to go home. Yes, when you're wanting your luggage to come off the plane, then it stops.
Speaker 1:We're getting it on the front end, plus my bag is broken. So they broke that for me, which is nice. That helps out a lot too.
Speaker 3:It doesn't look like a cheapie either.
Speaker 1:No, they set it down and the wheel broke under there, so dragged down to the airport. See if Dennis or Eve are having a great time on this long delay this morning. It's been getting any better than this. We had the worst pillows in the hotel last night. Oh, they were bad, aren't they terrible, weren't they terrible? What happened last night? The pillows of the hotel, they were like a rock. The pillows were awful. They were like sandbags. They had one good and one bad. Yeah, well, good for you. So, yeah. So there's a conveyor belt mishap here at the Dublin airport. Literally, we've been standing in here in line for over an hour, podcast number 139. And no one has moved. The airport is absolutely jammed up. We're trying to get on american airlines. I've never dealt with anything like this before, but uh, that's where we're at this morning. So, plus, I'm so tired I have no energy, um, and I kind of wonder.
Speaker 2:And I kind of wonder.
Speaker 1:Can you hear it? Maybe you can hear that in the background. They apologize for the inconvenience. So it's a weird combination of things. You know where? You are so tired from not getting any sleep Because we got in late last night because of the activities and the dinner and um, you know, so everyone's very tired because we got very little sleep. And now we're here and we get in line and the conveyor belts are broken. So, um, yeah, we'll check back in with you in a little while. We'll see how how long it is. Between what is it 7.16 am Dublin time between now and the time that they finally get these conveyor belts working. We'll check back in with you. We've had escalators that didn't work.
Speaker 1:The most hiking we have ever done in ireland so far is at the airport. It is absolutely unbelievable. There was only one terminal that worked. This morning all the power went out, so we have moved down to terminal, a different terminal, and when I tell you that the line going through customs is long, it is the longest line I could ever imagine and I've ever seen in an airport. This is by far the worst experience I've ever had at an airport. We're standing in a huge line. Everyone has to be checked to get pre-clearance to go to the US, checked to get pre-clearance to go to the US, and yet nothing is working here. So there are probably I don't know, I'm guessing a thousand people standing in line. It's almost 8.45, our plane takes off at 9.30, and none of us are able to go through customs at this point. Brutal are able to go through customs at this point Brutal.
Speaker 1:We'll check back in Enjoying yourself on the trip to the airport this morning. Yeah, are you, are you really yeah?
Speaker 3:She said yeah, but that was in a very snide. I'm learning to be patient.
Speaker 1:Yes, Because what else can we do right?
Speaker 3:At least we're going home.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 3:I'm not coming here.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you can't see the screen so you don't know what terminal to go to. There's no information posted anywhere. I mean, if you can imagine the only lights on at the airport right now, it appears to be our emergency lights. Yeah, so we have been now in this airport for a couple of hours and I mean the odds of us getting on our plane, I mean I don't even know if the planes can take off.
Speaker 3:If this is the situation, I don't even know, Wow, Okay so.
Speaker 1:I'm thinking maybe there's a thousand nine hundred, who God knows how many people in front of us are in this line. So at 9.45, we'll check back in for part three, all right. Well, part three, as it turns out that day for me in the podcast, lasted for only 38 seconds. Again, had I known what was happening at the time, I would have interviewed people, I would have done more things, I would have kept this rolling. I just didn't realize what was going on. None of us did.
Speaker 1:But here gives another aspect to this five and a half hours. So once the electricity goes down, now you're in a dark airport, so nothing's going. There's no shops open. You can't go to the. Well, I guess you could go in and maybe flush the toilet. Some of the water didn't work in a bathroom, so good luck with that. But like you weren't going to buy anything, eventually they did come by with some bott of water, started handing that out, you know. So the.
Speaker 1:So the escalators aren't working and there's three flights of escalators, and I mean big time escalators. And so, as I'm going up the escalator well, this poor, you know these two women in front of me, a little older, you know and I says well, look, you know I got my baggage. But I'm thinking well, I excuse me, ma'am, can I? Because she's lugging? She's a lugging and a chugging. I said you got to. Please can I carry this for you? I know you're not supposed to do that in the airport, but this is an exceptional situation. Oh yes, please, I did that. We got up there we're talking about three flights and we get up to the next terminal, which in the report in the Irish business times says uh, it was. It did not affect the other terminal. No, it did too.
Speaker 1:We went up there, got to the other terminal and poor Lisa with an E falls on the escalator which isn't moving and rips her arm open. They got to call the ambulance to take care of her. She needed stitches, but she was a trooper. She didn't even get the stitches and God bless her for her help on this trip. Man, she was awesome. What a companion to travel with Lisa with an E.
Speaker 1:So we get up there to Terminal 1. Suddenly, like a bunch of sheep, we got to turn around. Now you got to keep in mind that initially, when this started happening, we were there so early. We were next up to the counter, we were the next people to the counter. Some of the people on our troop, our group, actually got through I didn't even know that Like maybe five or six or something like that, but not us. And so when we all had to go upstairs and then they realized, oh, this isn't going to work either. After climbing three flights of escalators, everyone turns around. Now guess who's in the back? The very back? Yep, yours truly.
Speaker 1:That's when we went down to the pre. What is it? The pre-classification or whatever it was for the United States you had to be pre-classified. Suddenly, we went from the first of the line at 5 am to behind. Now, what did they say? 34,000 people, I don't know how many. There was thousands of people in front of us. So back to my original point.
Speaker 1:When I went to, that is when the electricity did go out and we realized this. This is what we heard. I couldn't take much more than 38 seconds of this. You have to imagine. This is what was going on the entire time, as we were all waiting in line. Here you go, part three. This is what we're hearing while being stuck in line. There's a couple of them going off a second ago, and it just goes on and on and on like that. So that's what we got to listen to for all that time. Fantastic, um. But you know what? We made it home.
Speaker 1:But guess what? As stressful as that was, there was part two of stress Day Travel from Hell Day. It was the debacle in Dallas, or the near debacle in Dallas. But you know what? I'm going to save that for my radio show tonight, the Pat Walsh Show, kfbk in Sacramento, 93.1 FM, 1530 AM, streaming live on your free iHeart app. So KFBK in Sacramento, 93.1 FM, 1530 AM, streaming live on your free iHeart app, everywhere on your free iHeart app. Did I mention it's free?
Speaker 1:So I'll talk much more about Italy, some of the things that happened there, and if you tune into my show, you're also going to hear about grilling Andrew, and I know what the P in P Diddy is now, as in piece of. You know I even want to curse on my own podcast, but I'm not going to. So. But this POS, what a scumbag this P Diddy. In case you haven't heard, I'll tell you what.
Speaker 1:When I was in Ireland it was so sweet I didn't hear any of this garbage. You know not that they don't have their stuff going on, I'm sure, but the attitude, the vibe is different. First thing I come home, I got to hear about this P Diddy. I got to hear about this skinny P speaking of POS man, boob guy who sticks a rifle out of the bushes again trying to hit Trump. These are the people I'm not going to get it. These are the people that tell you how crazy you are. These are the people who are represented by a guy who told you that white you are. These are the people who, represented by a guy who told you that white supremacists are coming out of the bushes with freaking torches. Well, what was? What was this? Got a guy on a roof, got a guy in the bush. Please, I'll tell you what.
Speaker 1:Coming back from Ireland, I almost feel like saying forget it, I ain't talking politics anymore because I enjoyed 10 days of not talking politics. Takes only a day or two before I freak out and start getting all ticked off about this stuff and I want to stay in a good with a good Irish vibe. I really do. It might even change my show a little bit. I do feel like sometimes just have a little more fun, less stress. That's what it's all about.
Speaker 1:Speaking of stress, you ever try to get the internet on an airplane. See, now I'm all keyed up Sunday. I thought you know I could listen back. Listen on my headphones and listen to the Rams game on the airplane. That'll pass a little time. So I get on there.
Speaker 1:I can never figure it out. Your plane. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, your devices must be in the airplane mode. So you didn't? You put it in airplane mode. Then nothing works, like I don't know what's happening. I can't figure it out. And then finally, okay, go to aainflightcom and you're going to buy your package.
Speaker 1:Yes, pick your package to listen to on the Alliance. I picked the $25. Whatever, I'm an idiot. What to listen to? A game? So I get the Rams-Cardinals game. So I get the Rams-Cardinals game. That was worth it. What was it? 44-7 or 41-7 Cardinals? Holy God, what a waste. I can't ever get that internet. I couldn't believe I got it this time. That's the first time ever. That was really worth it. Actually, it's a break. I like having a break from the internet. So yeah, for the entire story, as much as I can possibly relate to you, I would love to do that tonight on my radio show. What else do we have? I want to talk about Glacomora tonight. How are things in Glacomora? Is that little brook still leaping there? Sorry, god bless my mom and John Gary, I'll explain that tonight. What else we have? Whatever, we have music. We have music, as we always do at the end of my pats peeps podcast.
Speaker 1:Once again, thank you for uh to conservative tours, thank you to the beautiful people of ireland for your spirit, for your love that we felt. To bernie, to daniel, to Bernie to Daniel, to all of you who traveled together. You know who I'm talking about. You know, see, I keep wanting to say all your names. I see all your faces in my head. Man, there they are. You know what a blessing it is to have what 40 people. And then you meet people from other cities around the country two other lovely couples, and now there are a few people on these trips. Man I've traveled the world with and I thank you, okay, from the bottom of my little old heart, my little Irish heart.
Speaker 1:We went to the city of Cobb, right the embarkation point of the Titanic, the last stop before the tragedy. Those people got on that boat. Our tour guide was Pat don't call me Patrick. Later I said hey, pat, my name's Pat too. He said oh, you're a good man. And I said Pat, you can call me Patty, you't call me Patrick. Later I said hey, pat, my name is Pat too. He said, oh, you're a good man. And I said but you can call me Patty, you can call me Patrick. I got to go to work, all right, what was I talking about?
Speaker 1:Music? I culled this from my rare 45s. As I always tell you, I'm going to pull it out of the vinyl. See what shape it's in. Oh my gosh, this is absolutely mint condition. It's got a little dust on it. It's mint condition. Wow, I mean, that thing is beautiful, shiny. It's got a stamp on it from the radio station. They stamped it June 1976, right in my wheelhouse. Oh, this is a very famous song. Promotion, not for sale. Orange label. It's on Reprise Records with the big ship on there, as a matter of fact 1975, warner Brothers. Okay, stereo on this side and mono on the other side. All right, so Do you want to hear? Just before I get to it? Should I keep with the music or should I let you hear just a few people in line at the Dublin airport? Why let you hear just a few people in line at the dublin airport. Why not? It's a podcast, you know. I mean, why not let me see, watch this I'll. I'll let you hear something. I'll get to the music.
Speaker 4:Hold on and jerry's travel plans have been left in tatters. The kerry couple were due to travel to italy dimitri o'donnell rte news this morning but missed their flight because of the long queues at Dublin Airport. People were going mad like there was no security or you know.
Speaker 2:I see a lot of people, different nationalities getting very angry and distressed across.
Speaker 1:I even see one person arrested. Wow, I didn't see that. Honestly, I didn't even see anger where I was.
Speaker 4:Many passengers said they were shocked and stunned by the delays I was I mean seriously, it will take some time before we come back.
Speaker 2:But we love ireland and but this it's not fun well, it wasn't fun, but I'll be back ireland.
Speaker 1:You know why? Because, and I'll tell you right now, it wasn't Ireland's fault. This man is Frank. Hurl is going to say that it was um, but in that last gentleman to what he has to say, it'll be a while before we come back. This is atypical for Ireland. But now listen to Frank.
Speaker 4:I'm embarrassed to see so many people from so many countries see our country and its organization displayed in this way.
Speaker 1:Slovakia. Okay, well, you know what it could happen to anyone. Jeez, I can't sign off with music just yet. I can't. I have to continue before I get to the music. Sorry, I need to go on. Here's some more people.
Speaker 4:Dr Sonia said a nice trip to Ireland was ruined after she missed her flight home.
Speaker 3:I'm frustrated, I'm angry, I am scared. It was total chaos. People were aggressive, they were frustrated and exhausted. Everybody was like really, really angry.
Speaker 1:Now scared exhausted. Really, really angry, now scared exhausted. I promise you, friends, that's exactly what I was when I tell you about the near debacle in dallas. Okay, now again I'll get to that on my show tonight.
Speaker 4:I can't get to all that right now, but here's some more travel experts say a shortage of staff, enhanced security checks and a surge in travel is to blame.
Speaker 1:All of these Is it? It might be to blame, but something else might be to blame. Stay tuned. Things combined to make an airport that is woefully understaffed and ill prepared for the kind of Fionn Davenport travel journalist. Numbers that are going through the airport.
Speaker 4:Aer Lingus and Ryanair are allowing passengers who missed their flights to re-book the next available flight free of charge. The DAA has reassured any passengers who have missed their flights that they will not be out of pocket because of the delays. The authority said anyone impacted should contact a member of its team. Each case will be assessed individually and the DAA will seek to reimburse any extra costs incurred.
Speaker 1:RTE News Demetri. O'donnell RTE News All right, there you go, Thank you. So okay Now, but maybe that wasn't now. I lost the guy's name here, Doggone it. He had a long convoluted name. He's on YouTube. Sorry about that fella. I think I just closed out his name. I might try to find it, but anyhow, this is very interesting. Listen, I'm no George Norrie, but listen to this gentleman.
Speaker 3:I recently ran across an article and I'm talking within the last few hours of an incident that occurred at the 53 degree north latitude in northern Dublin Ireland, latitude in northern Dublin Ireland, right here at this airport. That basically caused the airport to close down due to an unusual, unexpected power outage. On this day, which was yesterday, the 15th, the weather conditions in Dublin were clear and sunny, so this incident was not influenced by any type of severe weather. Article goes on to say Dublin airport power outage causes major disruption. Power failure led to delays at check-ins and at US pre-clearance in Terminal 2.
Speaker 3:Article goes on to say Dublin airport was hit by a power outage on Sunday morning.
Speaker 3:This would have been yesterday. Right in the middle of all this heightened solar activity that's interacting with the earth, causing geomagnetic storms, we had an atmosphere leaking, event that again was noticed by the rain current being exposed and visible at the high latitudes, causing it to be visible in the nighttime sky at the upper latitudes of planet Earth. And Dublin sits at the 53 degree north latitude. But the article goes on to say Dublin was hit by a power outage on Sunday morning, causing traffic chaos at the airport and delays at check-in and pre-clearance, terminal two for a period of time. And here's the kicker the power failure knocked out backup generators that are designed to ensure the airport can operate in the event of a general power outage in the area. That didn't happen. It even got the backup generator too. A spokeswoman for the DAA said 15 flights were delayed this morning due to power outage. Daa goes on to say the outage this morning, which occurred around 7.50 am in North 15 flights. Think about this 7.50 am in North, 15 flights.
Speaker 1:Think about this. It just so happens. As I'm listening to this, it just occurs to me this is the morning we go to the airport in Dublin Never been there in my life but on this morning, a solar flare, according to this man and he's showing all the diagrams as I see it is pointing out that this thing at this, you know, hits and affects Dublin. That's why I'm letting him explain it, thus shutting down the airport at the exact time we get there, in the exact terminal where we are, on this exact day, exact moment it is. The odds are in my. It's phenomenal. Someone had to be there, right, it just happened to be us.
Speaker 1:And so you know what it's funny how this works because, yeah, you're, oh God. So you know what it's funny how this works? Yeah, you're, oh God. Look at this experience. Oh, my gosh, you know, poor, pitiful me, and it is. It sucks, it's no joke. It will test your patience, particularly when you're already tired and particularly you haven't eaten. And now you know you've got a nine-hour flight, then a four-hour layover and big day, and then four hours home. I would still be in ireland and go with conservative tours tomorrow again, because this has nothing to do with either of them. They are both top notch, and so is the airport, I'm sure. But I'll let that, but I want to let this gentleman continue.
Speaker 3:But the odds co dublin was caused by an under voltage in the ESB network. It said this may have caused a control system failure that prevented Dublin's airport backup generators from kicking in as it always had during previous power outages. Earlier ESB confirmed it was dealing with a power outage after a significant fault in North Dublin affecting some 34,000 customers customers by the way, when they said that it only affected terminal two didn't affect it.
Speaker 1:That's not true, because when we marched up those escalators, we went up to the other terminal and that's where we had to turn around.
Speaker 3:Everything was affected, everything so what are the odds during heightened solar activity? There was a major X-class solar flare, as you can see over here at the GOES X-ray flux, and here's a look at the major X-class solar flare that occurred on 9-14 of 2024.
Speaker 3:And this did definitely have an Earth-directed component. What are the odds of? 24 hours later, there's a major, unexplained power outage at an airport in Northern Dublin, ireland that again was not affected by weather energy from the large solar events that were Earth-directed, of multiple significant X-class solar flares. So is it coincidence or did some sort of a ground current go through Northern Dublin, affecting not only the primary power grid, but the backup generators were not able to kick on either, essentially shutting down an entire airport and 34,000 customers in Northern Dublin Ireland?
Speaker 1:Oh, my god, oh man it. It just blows me away the odds. But there you go, it is what it is, as they like to say. I never really like to say that, but that's what it is. Now, where was I? Oh, I was going to play music before I went back into that Song, written by an English singer and songwriter Won't say the name just yet, I'll give it away right away.
Speaker 1:1975 self-titled album peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks Remains one of this band's most recognizable songs. Its success helped the group's 1975 album sell over 8 million copies worldwide. In the UK the song was the fourth single from the album, the first to chart. Peaked at number 40 on the UK singles chart November of 76. In Canada it was covered by Shirley Eichard, released as a several, as a single, several weeks in advance of this artist's release in early June of 76. So I should just give it to you at this point, rather than waiting till the end, because then I'll give you the background, make it easier, all right.
Speaker 1:So the artist is Fleetwood Mac and Say you Love Me, christy McVie, who wrote the song after her fifth year in the band while she was married to the group's bassist, john McVie. Say you Love Me was the first song the band rehearsed during the making of their self-titled 1975 album. And Fleetwood Mac and let's see, she starts singing the chorus. Those two came in from nowhere with the most amazing harmonies. Oh so, she says she recalled Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks impressed her with their vocal harmonies during the run-through of the first chorus. And then that impressed her because they were so amazing. One of those moments, she says, you remember forever. And the version used on the single release has overdubbed additional guitar work and a faster fade-out on the song too. So just of note, say you Love Me has been performed on seven of Fleetwood Mac's tours since its release and during the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance of the song and on the dance tour.
Speaker 1:Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham played a cocktail drum kit and a banjo respectively. But originally Buckingham suggested the band perform the song a cappella. But they gave the song to a folk rearrangement. John McVie also sang a vocalized bass line over his bass guitar for the performances. So let's get to it. It's Fleetwood Mac Say you Love Me. It's just like I heard it 10 minutes ago. Here we go. That mercy baby.
Speaker 2:On a poor girl like me. You know I'm falling, falling, falling at your feet. I'm tingling right from my head to my toes. So help me, help me, help me make the feeling go, cause when the loving starts and the lights go down and there's not another living soul around, you, rule me until the sun comes up and you say that you love me. A pity baby, just when I thought it was over, and now you've got me running, running, running for cover. I'm begging you for a little sympathy, and if you use me again, it'll be the end of me, cause when the loving starts and the lights go down, there's not another living soul around. You rule me until the sun comes up and you say that you love me.
Speaker 1:Thank you, and again, I do not own the rights to this. I'm just trying to educate about the music, pass on the legacy, acknowledge those who made this great music. Thank you, my friends, for everything. Thank you for being part of Pat's Pe, that's for being. Thank you for being part of Pat's Peeps From the bottom of my little heart. Always after me. Lucky charms, the frosted oats, cereal, sweet surprises yellow moon, green clovers stars.
Speaker 2:hey, Thank you.
Speaker 1:See you for Pat's Peeps number 139. See you on Pat's Peeps number 139.
Speaker 2:See you on the radio.
