CPI Archive: Just before Christmas in 2007, Andrew Hamilton spoke to Clare singer Maura O'Connell from her home in Nashville about here memories of Christmas at home in Ennis.
NEW YEAR’S EVE in Nashville. The temperature tops out at a balmy 82 as shoppers rush home in short sleeves and sandals to welcome in the New Year. A quick stroll down Lindawood Drive reveals not a single Santa or festive tree. Christmas here is over - its last week’s big news. That is until you reach the O’Connell homestead. With decorations still proudly on display, Christmas is still very much a going concern for Maura and her clan. It’s like a little slice of Clare, alive and well in the spiritual home of American music. “I’m looking out the door now and the sun is splitting the rocks and it’s more than 75 degrees. But who knows, it might get cold next week. I would prefer to have it a bit cool around Christmas time,” she says.
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