What Did The Ryder Cup Ever Do For Irish Culture?
Okay, so today there’s been plenty of news of Flogging Molly, Luka Bloom, Enter The Haggis, The Elders, The Fuchsia Band, and The Young Dubliners - but what’s really important, from a long-term Irish cultural view, is what Ireland did to the world yesterday.
I was afraid of this. The 5-3 lead Europe took against the US in Kildare through the night will in time be just another statistic, but the opening ceremony means we’ll be seeing much more of the likes of Michael Flatley for many years. Best account by any distance, is from Matt Slater on the BBC Blog:
Something about Book of Kells. Stilt people have changed. Oh dear, lots of monks have appeared. Is the Book of Kells like the Da Vinci Code? Music, more dancers, this is called “Intimate Details”…surely not more Elin Nordegren? People running about with banners, girl on trapeze, warriors. Isn’t the Book of Kells a Bible? Monks turn costumes inside out and become chocolate éclair wrappers. Large black horse on stage…is this a teenage girl’s dream?
Do read it all
What’s this got to do with Kansas City? The time it takes me to cycle from my house in KC to the City River Market is the time it takes me to cycle from my parents’ house in Dublin West to the K Club, venue for the Ryder Cup.
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