Éamon Ó Caoineachán reflects on his hometown of Bundoran and the warm waters that travel more than 6,000km across the Atlantic OceanThe Gulf Stream current creates a transatlantic bridge that connects Ireland to the Gulf Coast and the Gulf Coast to Ireland.
Another transatlantic bridge that weds the Gulf Coast waters to Ireland’s waters is the traditional Irish music festival of theThird Coast . The Cruinniú just celebrated its fifth anniversary in Houston, Texas.
During the day, workshops and journeys are taught at the University of St Thomas by well-versed traditional Irish arts performers and instructors. In the evening, musicians gather at the local Irish music session hosted at the Penny Whistle Pub, in the eclectic Houston neighbourhood of Montrose.
Banba’s emerald island-body offers warm thanks to her children playing her golden songs, echoing across these musical waters – a transatlantic bridge, a mighty sea session airing through this streaming coastal current – “she listens to the Irish music and sings with the Gulf Coast Cruinniú”.