Dublin has a ukulele festival? First one, this year! Cool!

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“Smaller than a violin but more fun than an orchestra – all hail the ukulele“

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Wow, that’s pretty high praise.  I think Ireland is about as far as you can get from Hawai’i…

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0817/1224252667118.html

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The people in the picture look like they’re playing those brightly-coloured Mahalo ukes that everyone seems to have these days.