The Irish Fair of Minnesota is located on the beautiful grounds of Harriet Island in St. Paul. It is a celebration of Irish culture. You can choose from the many activities the festival has to offer, like listening to music on one of the three stages, haveing a bit of Irish food and drink, learning about the many engaging aspects of Irish culture, taking part in a workshop on how to play the Irish bodhran, watching the incredible Irish dancers or perusing through the Irish marketplace.
http://www.irishfair.com/It's great!!
Connie & Maureen on the road, heading down to The Fair:
The little old lady in her house coat and her hair in curlers
We all arrived safely to the condo in St. Paul
Waiting for the bus to bring us down to Harriet Island.
We listened to some great music (Young Dubliners & Dropkick Murphys). It was a little loud to be talking on the phone.
Connie dancing up next to the bag-piper from Dropkick Murphy! She is so funny!
Sheep herding dogs.
Irish dancing
Molly & Maureen watching Irish dancing
More Irish dancing
Maureen, Molly, Lea & Andrea
Andrea was a bit hot and Tina was kind enough to help her out.
Watching some local musicians
The car ride home. Too many people in the car!
Cleaning up the night before we left.
Snuggling and ready for bed!
Stopped at Clint & Colleen's for a small family picnic before making it home:
Michael, Clint, Suzanne, Connie, Coleen & Tina
Justin & Wyatt
Rich, Clint, Coleen, Connie, Suzanne & Michael
Tina, Molly, Jason, Jeff & Justin
Wyatt
Molly & Wyatt