Michele,

What fun. I loved seeing those guys.

Thanks, Joan

Bit,

I agree it was great seeing "the lads" on TV. I had nothing to do with the product placement. I think the TV station did that on their own.

Michele

-- Edited by Michele Erdvig at 15:36, 2007-04-07

Corey,

Now that you are an "old hand" at TV interviews you will have to do more. I think your schedule next St. Patrick's Day might just be full up.

Michele

Chris,

I love it. Or how about "The Lads from Knockahopple"?

Michele

Oh boy, sounds like expectations are high. Ah, we're always up for a challenge.

I keep telling Liam he should document the story of his purchase and renovation project...the cast of characters include a tradesman who never wants to talk about money, the drunken architect, the three sisters who assess everyone's lives based on the contents of their grocery bags, the neighbor who always knocks on the back window when she comes calling rather than the front door, the cousins who take him to the insurance agent but insist he NOT say a single word under any circumstances...and of course a couple cows, sheep and even a suspected ghost.

Corey,

That just screams PBS!

Think of it as "All Cottages Great and Small"

All joking aside, tell Liam that that is a great on-going podcast idea. I think all of us would love to eavesdrop on the entire process!

Chris

Bob, "The Wind That Shakes The Knockahopple is a killer!....still laughing :)

Michelle, I think you've stumbled onto the show's tag line!

It's a good sign when there's already an audience and not a single word has been written or spoken.

We actually wrote a first chapter as a short story about five or six years ago...it was called "Yankee Hill," referencing the origins of Knockahopple "Hill of the Horse".

The story was on my old computer, I'll have to dig around the archives and see if I can find it. It HAS to be there, it's just a matter of where.

I've been encouraging our friend Tony who bought a cottage over there two years ago to keep a journal as well. His post-Celtic Tiger experience is a good contrast to Liam's.

I must admit, I think both Tony and Liam (and our other friend Liza) have had days when they wished they were only reading a book rather than actually going through Irish cottage drama themselves. Then again, they wouldn't be able to experience the joys that go with it then either.

For those interested in this topic and who haven't listened to the Owning Property in Ireland podcast episode...you can find it at our website (Episodes #17 & 18) or on iTunes.

Thanks for the votes of encouragement...it makes me want to leave my job and hole myself in my room and write, record and plan my next trip. Then again, doing that will mean the addition on the cottage will never get done (five years is a loooong time to be working on it).