Qualla: Doolin https://qualla.com/doolin en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Doolin https://qualla.com/doolin Doolin: Introduction https://qualla.com/doolin/ Doolin does not have a centre. The village comes in four loose pieces - the Harbour, Fisher Street, Fitz's Cross, and Roadford - scattered across a kilometer or so of County Clare coast. What holds them together is what spills out of the pubs every night: fiddle and uilleann pipes and bodhran, the music of west Clare carried on by players who learned it from people who learned it from people, going back further than any of them can really say.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/m/doolin-wp/gc3m-doolin-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Doolin: The Russells https://qualla.com/doolin/ If Doolin has founding fathers in its musical sense, they were the three Russell brothers - Micho on the tin whistle, Packie on the concertina, Gussie on the flute. They grew up in this village. They played the local repertoire, much of it specific to west Clare and the surroundi...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/m/doolin-wp/gc3m-doolin-the-russells.mp3 0:06 2 full Doolin: Four Pubs and a Michelin Star https://qualla.com/doolin/ Gus O'Connor's, in Fisher Street, was founded in 1832. McDermott's in Roadford dates to 1867. McGann's, next door to McDermott's, opened in 1976. Fitzpatrick's at Fitz's Cross is newer - 2006. The four pubs run sessions on a rotation that covers almost every night of the week. Th...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/m/doolin-wp/gc3m-doolin-four-pubs-and-a-michelin-star.mp3 0:06 3 full Doolin: The Great Stalactite https://qualla.com/doolin/ In 1952 cavers exploring the Aille River cave system, which runs beneath the limestone of the Burren just inland from Doolin, came up against something none of them expected. A single calcium-carbonate spike, 7.3 meters long, hung from the ceiling of a chamber. The Doolin Cave we...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/m/doolin-wp/gc3m-doolin-the-great-stalactite.mp3 0:06 4 full Doolin: The Wave and the Ferry https://qualla.com/doolin/ Doolin Pier is the busiest pleasure-boat harbour on this stretch of coast. Ferries run from here to the Cliffs of Moher (a 45-minute viewing trip at the cliff base), to Inis Oirr, and onward to Inis Meain and Inis Mor in the Aran Islands. The Irish Coast Guard maintains a station...

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