Ancient_Snowfall wrote:Yes, that makes perfect sense. As far as the going to Gweedore bit goes, Moya herself has said many times how much that can improve one's understanding of the music. (She says it in an interview that was posted recently in the concerts, clips, and interviews thread in General, and I know I've heard it other places. She said it to me herself when I met her, too.) It makes sense that the same should go for the book. (And also, reading the book can help you understand the music, too. Guess it's all a big circle. Like you said, the more you know, the more you can understand and the more real it all feels.)
I actually went to Gweedore before first reading the book. I had wanted to get it ahead of time but that didn't happen. It turned out that I got my copy a month after getting home from Ireland, so on my very first reading, I had all those images in my head. I think that it did enhance the experience, but I have nothing to compare it to, since I never read the book without having previously been up Errigal or to Bunbeg. So for me, it was meeting Moya that changed my interpretation more than going to all of those places.
And, to answer the question the whole topic is based on, I've read it twice so far, but I know I'll read it more.
Ah- it seems you had a similar experience to mine, only the other way around
though because you didn't italicize (<- spelling?) the book title - lol! 
I haven't had the chance to read the book yet, but my mom said we can order it from amazon uk since it was never published, here, in the usa.
