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Hello everybody welcome to Galway and we are delighted to be here a part of the
St Patrick's Day Festival and my name is Sheena I'm the owner of Galway Food Tours I'm going
to take you around to see some of the sights and sounds of the city so happy St Patrick's Day
everyone and we really hope you enjoy the insights of Galway city okay folks come with me
Hello and welcome to the Galway markets it's actually the oldest outdoor markets in the whole
of Ireland of course it is a little bit quieter due to uh the restrictions that are in place and
but this is a place where you can get some beautiful pottery to wonderful oysters, eggs, dairy,
breads, pancakes, bagels you name it it's all here so let's have a look around
well actually we're not selling anything exotic today we're selling like wild
Irish fish look at there's a big tuna behind there 160 kilo the first tuna
of the year caught like in Ireland by an Irish boat and it's here in Galway it's
just it's amazing like I went up to a good fisherman on Wednesday he caught
it by accident with the mackerel he gave me the call say Stephan I have that big big tuna
I went to it I got it brought it down it's here on the market today we're going to eat
it in Galway this weekend of course I can hear by your accent you're French and when you first moved
to Ireland how did you celebrate St Patrick's Day uh drank 3 Guinness and that's it
I was gone like
Okay so Charlie what are you doing here on the Galway markets this
morning every Saturday we sell oysters and eggs here in the Galway market nice
are they uh pacific oysters they're pacific oysters yes
they are grown in Galway but I think it was the 60's not sure don't quote me on that I don't
know and they're brought over to Galway and ever since then they're growing here great very green
no never even tried it not yet yeah maybe next year yeah hopefully we'll be able to
be able to celebrate from clubs yeah do you do any uh how's your shadows dancing
I played the violin so it's a bit of that yeah would you do sessions in the pub or
sessions at home she has to hear it
Cead míle failte go gach duine seo go dí Lá Fheile Phádraig i Ghaillimh
Oh St Patrick's Day was completely different in when we were growing up as kids so when it
came to St Patrick's Day you would have to go to the local builder provider which would have
a juggernaut or maybe McDonaghs which would have a juggernaut or any of the big kind of
truck companies at the time so you'd actually ask them for a loan of the trailer got together
we we actually put on a 40-foot container ourselves so we put on that actually we
were fake boxing in all this going up around the town and all that was fantastic great aul craic and
with the ring made up and all that but as we're up and we're boxing away and we're getting into the
the go of it and getting into the whole shenanigans of it and as we're passing the stand
in Eyre Square which would have been you would have had the mayor and all the representatives of the
corporation and all that and the dignitary around the town they would be on the stand and everyone
else going to be on the streets and waving and chilling and whatever but as we got past
as we're up in Eyre Square we're coming past the stand so we're getting into the boxing
thing where the low punch supposed to come you know so did the low punch come it sure did
yeah I was floored unbelievable and I was in bed
Hey Gosia how are you doing um are you okay to meet me maybe for a little chat and a coffee
in Ardbia yeah sure no problem how about four o'clock perfect I'll see you there
everyone I'm Gosia from Galway Food Tours I've had a pleasure
of working with Sheena Dignam for over three years and it's been an amazing
journey
a little bit about St Patrick's Day because for me St Patrick's Day as a kid I've had two
versions of St Patrick's day one when I was in Ireland until the age of 10 always going
to see the parade in Wicklow town which would be from my memory a lot of tractors kind of going
up the streets but I remembered the craic then afterwards going to you know the pub and having
all the crisps and Fanta that I could probably drink and eat and loving life um and of course
going to but were you calling them sorry were you calling them crisps or were you calling them Taytos
I might have called them Taytos it's the togetherness the sharing the stories
um and yeah just having a bit of crack I think we're gonna miss this year if you if we were
around maybe we would have driven out somewhere again looking at tractors and teresa mannions
and in the parades um but we might try to kind of in a safe distance celebrate it with a small
can of Guinness that have the widgets in it with the widget 100% yeah yeah no no shortcuts yeah
let's say January February and came March and St Patrick's parade and friends of
mine live in around Monteverde and there were 12 teresa mannions in
in St Patrick's parade everybody wanted to be here everybody wanted to be here
you know absolutely the excitement yeah the craic the craic that's what it's about
it's special for so many reasons today it's the best place well it's one of the best places we
love to come and have a nice pint catch up with everyone it's where the locals come and the
tourists come it's also special for Goisa because because I used to work here the well the million
years ago um and that's where the first taste the pints of Guinness and oysters and everything um
was kind of installed in me but normally we're standing here there's nobody around normally
this would be buzzing frozen today is what Sunday Sunday Sunday sorry it's 2021 yeah sun is shining
chairs tables and great great food and local producers use on their menu fabulous wines from
woodbridge good pines yeah staff ah just and also not only is this like you know such a beautiful
cozy welcoming pub with great food and drink it's also got so much history filled in it you know
go on we're not gonna go into all the history but like it was the townhouse one of the wealthiest
families in Galway called the Martins and Richard Martin was the most famous person he also used to
use the upstairs the rooms for the actors back in the 1790's he founded the first theatre just down
the laneway down there that we're going to go across later and we're so connected to the arts
we just passed druid's theatre there when we were looking at a play online uh just
just yesterday you know I think that you know all that you know energy around
the culture arts I think he probably might have kicked all of that off
Hello guys we are at the McCambridges
this is the oldest store in Galway it's been here since 1925 and it's still running the same
family which is fantastic this is where we're gonna go get our few St Patrick's day treats a
little sipping of whiskey they have a really good selection and maybe some honey roasted ham
Hello everybody and welcome to Galway's west end a very exciting area in Galway we love the
diversity of the food and drink offering we love the people of it the community isn't it
it's great it's fabulous like all the businesses are run by the owners themselves so you know
you really have that sense of community I always compare I've never been to New York but for some
reason I draw this parallel if city center was Manhattan uh west end is um Brooklyn so yeah yeah
you've got experience in New York yeah yeah it's really got that
it's very diverse eclectic it's got so much going on there's also a theatre company that's
here around the corner yeah yeah yeah no it's just very unique and it is it is a
very special we're so lucky to have it here at our doorstep shall we take a little walk deadly yeah
uh we're here in front of Kai restaurant and this is a special place for Gosia and I cause
this is where we first met the best of forums recently won uh an award
big with the best pronunciation and it's the French and then one Michelin green star for
its sustainable practices recently so fabulous place to have lunch, dinner meet people yeah
there's a beautiful grocery store that's been here since the 1960's
you can get everything from fish you can get some kimchi you can get wine
that is organic you can get beautiful fruit and veg an Arsenal, Manchester united book
if you feel that way inclined you know the options are endless from fly fishing
to I don't know yeah salmon stories his retro telephone collection ah yeah absolutely to a
secret graveyard that uh he mentioned the other day that we should visit on the food tours oh
Happy St Patrick's Day everybody!
We hope you enjoyed our little flavor of go away have a few guests make sure there's a widget in your hands