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These guys were playing on Main St.<\/div>\n
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A few blocks away I found Juliano. You can hear him at this blog<\/a>. He’s pretty amazing!!<\/div>\n
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This guy was moving dead cars from one box to the other.\u00a0On the side of the road, no less!!<\/div>\n
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On the edges of town, whenever I see ‘Castlebar Walks’, I know there is good riding ahead..<\/div>\n
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If you keep looking, you might be able to see the cows….<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These guys were playing on Main St. A few blocks away I found Juliano. You can hear him at this… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1rL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8307,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/06\/22\/eagle-to-castlebar-raheens-wood\/","url_meta":{"origin":5565,"position":0},"title":"Eagle to Castlebar Raheens Wood","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"June 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1417040378583670&set=a.1384560811831627.1073741827.100008331637368&type=1","rel":"","context":"In "Ireland"","block_context":{"text":"Ireland","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/ireland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8328,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/07\/06\/heart-of-castlebar-sidewalk-musicians\/","url_meta":{"origin":5565,"position":1},"title":"Heart of Castlebar Sidewalk Musicians","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"July 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=1424769381144103&set=vb.100008331637368&type=2&theater","rel":"","context":"In "Ireland"","block_context":{"text":"Ireland","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/ireland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8665,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/11\/04\/first-tour-de-castlebar-with-ernie-sweeney\/","url_meta":{"origin":5565,"position":2},"title":"First Tour de Castlebar, Future Greenway Epicenter, with Ernie Sweeney","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"November 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Having chosen \u00a0to focus our energy on the American side of the Atlantic with our International Mayors' Ride\u00a0because of all the change taking place over here in Ireland this last summer in local government, local historian, Ernie Sweeney\u00a0saved the day. 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