Peggy Hinsman's Blog

This story is filled with irony… about three deeply religious, charitable and respectful brothers who put their trust in a person to provide tiles for repairing their roof. They wait, and wait and wait for the delivery of the tiles and finally on the deathbed of the last living brother we finally learn which community […]

If you’ve never listened to Clare FM’s Traditional Irish music shows, go to http://www.clarefm.ie/, click on Trad Archive and you can either listen to the past week’s shows by streaming or downloading the MP3 files. I’ve really enjoyed listening to these and recently found a jig medley that I’m going to learn: Behind the Bush […]

This is a funny story of how Jim Conlon survives amidst his hypochondriac, exceedingly needy mother, Maggie Conlon, whose manner of operation had already put two husbands in their graves. The only way Jim is able to get some relief from his mother’s excessive complaints and neediness is by creating and telling stories about his […]

Thanks to everyone who attended, volunteered, supported and/or participated in the 4th Annual Eugene Irish Cultural Festival. Please give us your feedback on how to improve for next year by e-mailing Peggy Hinsman at phinsman @ gmail.com. Thanks! Share

Here is a slide show of a trip I took to Ireland for my 40th birthday with three other musicians (many thanks to my husband Mark for this wonderful gift). We landed in Limerick, drove to County Cavan and stayed one night, then drove to Galway and stayed almost a week, then went to Ennis, […]

If you look out over a peat bog, one’s initial reaction might be that it looks quite boring, but if you read about peat bogs I highly doubt that you will ever think this way again. Peat bogs are fascinating. Their ecosystems are incredibly unique and not what most people are used to seeing and […]