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The Irish Travel Kit: A Night in Ballydehob

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Levis Corner House Gig (Seamus Fogarty)

All of the best festivals in Ireland share a common attribute. In the immortal words of Goethe, a carnival “is a festival that really is not given to the people, but one the people give themselves.”

When it comes to carnivals and festivals, the good folk of Ballydehob give unto themselves, copiously. In the immortal words of the man sitting at the bar in…

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