We laughed until we cried. Some nights we drank well past when they locked the doors, other nights we played 'til they threw us out and then locked the doors. Regardless, the scope of our overseas adventure is difficult to encapsulate herein, as an introduction we offer Part I:
Quotes from the dual carriageway.

7:00 am, 4/29, Dublin Airport. "Time for a Guinness."
8:00 am, 4/29, Dublin Airport. (To Peter Mulvey) "You mean we are double booked and are playing the Crane Bar in Galway on the same night? Awesome!"
9:00 am, 5/2, Culdaff. "Neil is the devil." (Neil is the owner of Mcgrory's pub).
10:00 am, 4/29, Somewhere in Donegal. "Ry shouldn't you slow down with that lorry coming at us on the wrong side of the road?"
11:00am, 5/2, Muff. "Jet Hot Foam!" (Actual sign, read aloud and repeated daily.)
Noon, 4/29 Derry (AKA Londonderry )"Don't use the ATM here. It gives you pounds instead of Euros which can only be spent in England and we're in Ireland." Right.
1:00 pm, 5/3, Spiddal. "No we pronounce Spiddal fast so it sounds like spittle not spittle. Oh."
2:00 pm, 5/2, Sligo. "Cast a cold Eye on Life, on Death Horseman pass by." (Quote from Yeats gravestone.)
3:00 pm, 5/2, Galway. "She couldn't sing her way off a postage stamp" (Drunken Irishman's review of Crooked Still as related by Ry. Ouch!)
4:00 pm, 5/1, Balleyboffey. "We're playing Butt Hall? Yes."
5:00 pm, 5/5 Listowel. "Cool man. Rock 'n roll. Do I sound like I'm from Texas? Hootie and the Blowfish!" (Joe the promoter in Listowel).
6:00 pm, 5/7, Manorhamilton. "Say that again. You got an agricultural grant to pay for this sweet mixing console?"
7:00 pm, 5/4, Kilworth. "Iloveamericana. GillianWelch? She'sgreat. Shelookslikethedepression. Who'sthatphotographer? Walker Evans? YeahWalkerEvans,shelookslikethat. Iloveallof'em.NeilYoung. Isawhimwhenhewasyoung. Hahaha." (John the promoter in Kilworth).
8:00 pm, 5/6, Dublin. "Another bottle of Baron de Badassiere please."
9:00 pm, 5/9, Limerick. "That was by Prince. You've heard of him haven't you?"
10:00 pm, 5/6 Dublin. "It's our Crazy Eddie special, buy two cds and get one t-shirt free. Yes please take a t-shirt."
11:00 pm, 5/2 Galway. "When in Manorhamilton say it really fast like manrhamltn. O.K. mnhmm. Perfect!"
Midnight, 4/30, Culdaff. "It's a magical pub that never closes!"
1:00 am, 5/8, Wexford. "That's it boys. You're done."
2:00 am, 5/4 Connemara. "Your musical guilty pleasure is Barry Manilow? Yes it is, and your choice is Huey Lewis and the News?"
3:00 am, 5/1, Culdaff. "Dinty, when did I tell you I could sing Jambalaya in French?"
4:00 am, 4/30, Culdaff. "There's definitely time for one more Guinness..."