The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy (2023) s03e06 Episode Script

1
[whimsical music plays]
I'm the living example
of "better late than never."
Until a few years ago,
my life was steady, predictable,
reassuringly repetitive.
But my recent adventures
have changed all that.
So what's next for me?
Now that I'm considered
something of a traveller,
I've challenged myself
to complete my own bucket list
before actually kicking the bucket.
I did a lot of research,
kept an open mind…
- Who's going hiking in the Amazon?
- [animals chittering]
…and came up with a list of my own.
Take a look at this.
[fireworks exploding]
- [tour guide] Welcome to London!
- [cheering]
Never felt more like a tourist.
These are some of the greatest…
[exclaims]
…once in a lifetime travel experiences
you can have.
Don't take this the wrong way,
but this is a horrible ride.
[laughs]
Tick that off the bucket list.
- This is my first time in Ireland.
- Of course, I've been here before.
- Yep. Once.
- Once or twice.
- Once.
- Once.
Whether they should be
once in my lifetime…
- [crowd cheering]
- Oh!
…is another matter.
Whoo-hoo!
- But I'd like to think…
- Whoa!
…I've gotten a little bit bolder…
It's hard to believe I'm actually here.
…a little bit braver…
What a save!
Course I work well under pressure.
…so this could be
my most memorable trip yet.
Was getting drunk with Prince William
on your bucket list?
- That's the bucket.
- [chuckles] That's the bucket, is it?
[chuckling]
[traditional Irish music playing]
Pretty rugged. The Cliffs of Moher.
There they are. Beautiful!
For my next bucket list adventure,
I've come to the wild west coast
of Ireland.
This is a part of the country that
I've always wanted to see for myself.
And I'm not alone.
Each year, more than
a million North Americans
cross the Atlantic to the Emerald Isle.
Some come to explore their family tree.
Others to take in the incredible scenery,
or just soak up
some legendary Irish hospitality.
Ireland is what? Kind of
a charming people, fun loving people.
I'm really looking forward to it.
I'm quite excited about it.
I think it's gonna be great fun.
[horn honks]
To make this trip even more memorable,
I'm being joined by someone
who's never been to these shores,
but actually has Irish blood in her veins.
- Isn't this amazing?
- Isn't it great?
My daughter, Sarah.
- Holy cow!
- There it is.
- This is it!
- Yeah.
This is my first time in Ireland.
- Of course, I've been here before.
- Yep. Once.
- Once or twice.
- Once.
- Once.
- [laughs] Yes.
- What do you think of it so far?
- I think it's stunning.
- It's not warm. No.
- No, you should've brought a warmer coat.
Why do you think
the cliffs look like that?
- Um… Right.
- Weather.
Just… [exclaiming]
…for 18 billion years.
I'm really looking forward
to kind of doing this with Sarah
because, uh, I mean, we've never actually
taken a trip on our own before.
Oh, that's great! Love it.
- Our first pic here in Ireland.
- Yeah.
We generally have a great time together.
I tend to kind of nudge him along
to do things he might not want to do,
and he, hopefully, trusts me.
That's sort of the dynamic.
[Levy] For the full Irish experience,
we've timed our trip for St Patrick's Day.
[pedestrians cheering]
A tradition that's been celebrated
in Ireland for more than 1,500 years.
Are you excited to be here
for St Patrick's Day?
Are you kidding me?
It's a great, great,
great idea for a trip.
- Shall we? Should we do it? Okay.
- Let's get going.
[Sarah] Who doesn't want to celebrate
St Patrick's Day in Ireland?
A magical adventure awaits.
Truly.
I thought you were driving.
- I am. [chuckles]
- Oh, you are driving.
[traditional Irish music playing]
[Levy] To really embrace
the local way of life,
we're heading to a small
rural community in County Clare.
[Sarah]
We're doing it the way the Irish do it.
- Yeah, getting a taste of the landscape.
- Yeah.
- Plus, we get to explore…
- Yeah.
…the family tree on Mom's side.
- Divine? Yes.
- Yeah.
Divine is very, very, very Irish.
So, we're looking for Craggy Shore,
is that right?
- Flaggy Shore.
- What is it?
- But, by all means…
- Flaggy Shore.
I don't know what I'm looking at.
- Why are you using a map?
- It tells you where to go
- and that's the important thing.
- [chuckles]
[Levy] Flaggy Shore is
a half-mile of rocky coastline
where Sarah has found us a pretty
impressive rental home to settle into.
[Sarah] Oh, my gosh. This is amazing.
Look how cute this is.
[Levy] Well, it was built in 1785, so…
Like, when, the year you were born?
[Levy] Yeah,
the year I was born. [chuckles]
- Wow.
- Oh, my gosh.
[Levy] Well, this is charming.
And historic.
It's not often you get to stay in a house
as old as the American Constitution.
[stammers] How did you find this place?
[Sarah] I found it online,
like every person in 2025.
I love teasing him.
He takes the brunt of the jokes, for sure.
- Oh, my! Look at this. Very yellow.
- I love this kitchen.
[Sarah] We'll make
something delicious in here.
We kinda get along well.
We have fun together.
You know,
she's not afraid to call me on stuff,
which is kinda fun.
He likes his routine.
He doesn't like surprises.
- You hang your clothes?
- Yeah.
[Sarah] Sometimes you gotta mix it up
and put some spontaneity in there,
which is why
I don't tell him things, like…
where we're staying or what it looks like.
Because why ruin it?
[Levy] Flaggy Shore has
a picture postcard look about it.
And despite not having many neighbours,
it's not long before we get a knock.
- Hello!
- Hi!
- Almost didn't get the door open.
- How are you, Sarah?
- Welcome to Ireland.
- [Sarah] Come in. Come in.
- Dad!
- Hi!
- Hi. How are you?
- [Levy] I'm good. How are you?
I'm Ruth. It's lovely to meet ya.
Well, I'm Eugene.
- And it's lovely to meet you.
- Eugene, you're very welcome to Ireland.
- How are you doing?
- Well, I'm good.
- Do you live around here?
- [Ruth] I do.
I'm part of a massive family in this area.
And you're here in a great weekend.
It's St Patrick's weekend.
- Yes.
- How special is that?
Do you know anything about
the day itself or St Patrick himself,
- or anything like that?
- Uh, no.
Fair bit of drinking involved, I know.
- That's all I know.
- [chuckles] That's the rumour. Yeah.
Uh, he's our patron saint.
Um, he's the reason why Christianity came
to Ireland in about the fifth century.
Well, this is exactly
what we're into here.
- [stammers] Getting the original.
- Great. You'll have a great time.
- That's it! Yeah, exactly.
- Yes. Yes. Great.
So this is actually Galway Bay here
and over there is Galway City.
And that's where the big parade is
on St Patrick's Day.
- It is very beautiful though.
- [Sarah] So beautiful.
[Ruth] So gorgeous.
[Levy] In true Irish tradition,
Ruth's invited us to join her later
at the local pub.
But before that,
Sarah sent me to run an errand.
We're gonna be making dinner tonight
in our little cottage.
So, I've got a few things to pick up.
So, I'm off in search
of the local farm shop.
The Veg Box!
Well, how cute is this? [chuckles]
This would be the local grocery store.
"Help yourself to fresh vegetables.
Price is on the slate."
Oh, I see.
There's no cashier or any other customers.
Just an honesty box
where you put your money.
It's an odd way of shopping.
But, you know, having the place
to yourself, that I like.
Onion. Two garlics, beef and potatoes.
Uh, that's everything.
Apart from the one item
that we'll need for the morning.
- Excuse me.
- [farmer] Hi.
- I was looking for some eggs in the, uh…
- They're probably all gone, but…
- …in the box.
- This is my veg box.
Ah! And these are the veggies
- that you're actually growing here.
- Yeah.
You grow them, you cut them,
- you put them in the thing.
- Harvest them. We put them in there.
And you don't have to bother
with people like me
- coming over and chit-chatting.
- [laughs] I don't mind you bothering me.
We can check the hen house if you like?
- Check the hen house? Sure. Yes.
- Yeah.
- Come meet some hens.
- [chuckles] Okay.
[farmer chuckles]
- So, these are the ladies.
- [Levy] Hey, girls.
- [Levy chuckling] Oh!
- They're like my husband.
- They love potatoes.
- [laughs]
Luckily, we have acres of them.
- We'll go for some eggs?
- Some eggs, yes.
- [Levy] I see four right here.
- Yeah.
[Levy] Well, that should do it.
- There's just…
- Two more.
[Levy] Well, there's just two of us.
Can always make a, you know,
four or five-egg omelet.
- You can. [chuckles]
- Sure.
[Levy] And you've been doing this
for how long?
[farmer] We're… I'm thirty years here.
- [Levy] Thirty years doing this?
- Yeah.
It's a beautiful way of life. It's lovely.
I love the change of scenery.
I love the fact that you can
hop off your tractor
and jump into the tide and have a swim,
hop back up on your tractor
and finish your day's work.
But I love it. I mean, I wouldn't live
anywhere else, to be honest with you.
I mean, look at that. It's beautiful.
[Levy] Oh, my! That's stunning.
[farmer] I wish I could paint.
It's stunning.
Well, you wouldn't have to paint,
'cause there's your painting right there.
- All you gotta do is look at it.
- It's true.
- Do you speak Gaelic?
- [speaks Gaelic] Cúpla focal.
- [in English] That didn't sound good…
- [chuckles]
- You know. Okay.
- A few words. That's what that meant.
- [stammering, in Gaelic] Cúpla focal.
- Cúpla focal.
Well, that's some Gaelic
- I actually would like to toss around.
- Or I could learn you some more.
[Levy] Strictly speaking,
this bucket list is about
experiencing Ireland's west coast.
But now that Sarah's a mom
to my grandson James,
getting a chance to hang out with her
on our own is definitely a bonus.
[Levy] Tell me what you want me to do.
Unless you don't want me to do anything,
- in which case, that's all right too.
- [Sarah] No, no, no, no.
You can maybe season the beef.
When was the last time you made a stew?
- The last time I made a stew was never.
- Oh!
- I can't seem to get this off.
- Soda bread, yeah.
Do you wanna peel the potatoes
or do you wanna turn the stove on?
- I'll turn the stove on. How about that?
- [chuckles] Okay.
- [Levy] I can't get the oven working.
- [sighs]
[Levy] Okay, I'll do the potatoes.
- Shouldn't it sizzle?
- [Sarah] Um…
Do you want to open some wine?
You can do that.
[Levy] Yeah.
It's a, uh, Malbec from, uh, Argentina.
It says, "Don't cry for me,"
right on the label.
- That's good. Yeah.
- Good?
- Feel free to laugh.
- No, it has to be really funny…
- Oh, okay.
- …in order for a laugh.
But you could save it
for a talk show or something.
[Levy chuckles]
[speaks Gaelic] Slainte.
[in English] Or, uh…
- [imitating Gaelic]
- [chuckling]
I think the majority of our family moves
at a much faster pace than Dad.
And, by the majority, I mean everyone.
I take my time. But I wouldn't say…
Would you say I'm slow, generally?
- Yeah.
- [sighs]
I think Mom actually snapped a menu
out of your hands one time
- and said, "He'll have the lobster."
- [laughs]
How's the stew?
But there's something liberating
about owning that.
Yeah. I just…
I'm perhaps a bit more methodical.
- Yeah, I still would use the word "slow."
- Oh.
But let's go with that. It's methodical.
Yeah. Yeah, methodical is good.
Don't crack your knuckles, honey.
[sighs] Okay. Well, I feel like
we might have put too much water in it.
- Smells good.
- [Levy] Really?
Mmm.
I'm not so disappointed.
It could have been a lot worse, I think.
But making it was a lot of fun.
This is a rarity,
hanging out just the two of us.
Although, we spent more time together
during Schitt's Creek.
- Well, that is true.
- And I lived at the house
- while we were shooting.
- Yeah.
It's always fun
having the kids in the house.
But from your perspective,
maybe not quite as much fun.
No, but it's gonna be sad
when James doesn't want to
- spend time with us anymore.
- That's right.
But there will come a time when he's
going to want to be off with his friends.
- Yeah.
- "Where are you going?"
- [chuckles]
- "You gonna be around? Oh, okay.
Well, maybe, you know, maybe next month."
[both laugh]
- Right? Yeah.
- Yeah.
- And that will be sad.
- Not for him.
- Not for him.
- Not for him. But for you. Yeah.
[Levy] For parents, it's always tough
when your kids become independent
and want to do their own thing.
- Okay?
- Yes.
Off we go.
[Sarah blows raspberry] Ooh, it's cold.
[Levy] Down at the local pub,
we're meeting up with Ruth and
a very important member of her family.
[both singing]
[patrons cheering]
- Hi!
- Oh, my.
Hi! You made it. Come on in.
This is my grand aunt Una.
- Nice to meet you.
- And nice to meet you.
[Levy] At 92-years young,
grand aunt Una is
the matriarch of Ruth's family.
And she remembers how
St Patrick's Day was celebrated
before the days of green beer
and oversized hats.
In my life,
you went to mass in the morning
and you wore your little bit of shamrock.
- You'd start the day by going to mass?
- By going to mass
because it was a Church holiday,
which meant that you had to go to mass
if you were a practising Catholic.
Have you seen that change over the years?
I'd say it's changed
from being a very simple day
of commemorating St Patrick.
In America, it became a big story.
And I'm sure it was the Irish immigrants
to America who made it like that.
Okay? And when did that kind of turn into…
- [vocalises]
- [all laugh]
I'd say you might have
done that after mass.
They used to call it
"drowning the shamrock."
On St Patrick's Day, you drank so much
- that you drowned the shamrock.
- …You were wearing on your lapel.
[all chuckle]
- And here we go! Look at that.
- Oh, wow.
There's a shamrock
on top of your Guinness.
- [all clamour]
- And there's a shamrock on top!
- [Levy] Look at that!
- Slainte.
Slainte. And welcome to Ireland.
- Slainte.
- Means to your health.
[Levy] My first taste of real Irish stout
sure hits the spot.
And in a traditional pub like this,
you may also find yourself in the middle
of a spontaneous singalong,
known as a seisiún.
[Ruth] In Oranmore
In the County Galway ♪
One pleasant evening ♪
In the month of May ♪
I spied a damsel ♪
Anybody that gets up
and just starts singing…
[stammers] I mean, I'm right there.
I just… I love that.
She wore no jewels ♪
Nor costly diamonds ♪
And round her shoulder ♪
Was a Galway Shawl ♪
[all cheering]
[Levy] That was great.
Just what you thought
an Irish pub would be like.
[stammering] I felt like
I knew everybody in the room.
- Slainte.
- Slainte.
- Slainte. To your health.
- [Sarah] Slainte.
Enjoy the rest of your trip.
[birds chirping]
[Levy] Top of the morning to ya!
At least, I think that's what they say
in these parts.
Irish breakfast. That seems fitting.
[Levy] After her first full day
in the land of her ancestors,
and with St Paddy's Day tomorrow,
Sarah's been reflecting
on her Irish heritage.
I'm feeling more proud than ever
to have Irish blood.
It always, um, meant something.
But I wasn't actually quite sure
what it meant, to be honest,
because I didn't really know much
about the culture.
[traditional Irish music playing]
[Levy] To find out more
about her Gaelic roots,
Sarah and I are meeting up
with a local genealogist,
as long as we can get there in one piece.
[Sarah] So when was the last time
you drove on the left side of the road?
Forty-five years.
Mm-hmm.
I think the key thing is
you have to remember which way to look
for oncoming traffic
when you're making turns.
- Well, yeah.
- You know what I mean? Yeah.
Oh, now he's turning right.
Can't really see. Are we clear?
- I think… Oh, wait! Dad, Dad!
- [horn honking]
[Levy] Oh, I forgot, yeah.
- [chuckles] I see, I'm…
- Yeah.
- I'm looking up the wrong way.
- Yeah. Yeah.
There we go.
[Levy] After a few Hail Marys,
we make it to the 18th century
Glenlo Abbey.
Should be interesting.
- Yeah, very.
- Huh?
- Hiya, Sarah. Lovely to meet you. Eugene…
- Hi, nice to meet you. Sarah.
[Levy] Hilary is a researcher
and family historian
with the National Archives of Ireland.
- So, it's the Divines? Exactly.
- [Sarah chuckles] It's the Divines.
- And that's your mum's name? Is Divine?
- Yes. Yes.
- Okay, so Harold is her grandfather.
- [Levy] Okay.
[Hilary] But it's your five-times
great-grandfather,
is the link back to Ireland.
[Sarah] Wow.
- [Hilary] And here…
- Wow.
- …is the grave of James Divine.
- [Sarah] Holy cow.
[Hilary] Born 1790. Died 1870.
Well, there it is. Born in Ireland,
died in Pennsylvania.
So the bridge for the Divine's
coming to North America is…
- A-Absolutely.
- …says it all right here in this stone.
[Sarah] And my son's name is James.
- There you go.
- And I didn't know any of that.
- [Hilary] Really? That's wonderful.
- So I've continued the lineage.
- [Hilary] Isn't that lovely?
- Yeah. Yes.
Obviously, something in your head
just went,
- "Call him James". Exactly. Exactly.
- [Sarah] Yes, it was calling us.
[Hilary] And it's not just
your family that went.
Emigration is the story of Ireland,
and the actual surname history
of the Divine,
um, is interesting.
The first Divine, or Devine,
comes from the Kingdom of Oriel.
And Devine was the eldest son
of the King of Oriel.
It means that you have your history
in real Gaelic royalty.
- So that's pretty good.
- Wow.
- I can't say that.
- That's amazing.
- I mean, what are the odds?
- [Levy] Yeah.
- I bow down.
- [Sarah, Hilary chuckling]
When I tell my wife that she's actually
a descendant from Gaelic royalty,
- things could…
- You'll have to genuflect first.
…things could get,
yeah, kind of difficult…
- [laughs]
- … at home.
So, what you have is quite… It's unique.
And you can celebrate Patrick's Day
as not an honorary,
but a real Irish person.
- As a true Irish person.
- Yeah. Yeah.
I have centuries old links
to my Irish heritage.
- To the king, Devine. Centuries old.
- Mm-hmm.
I should have taken Divine as a last name.
- What was I thinking?
- Yeah, what…
- [chuckles] What were you thinking?
- [chuckles]
[Sarah] It was so cool. It was…
[Levy] You think Mom's gonna be
excited about this?
- Oh, yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah?
There was no… There was no royalty
in my side of the family.
[chuckling]
[Levy] Back in good ole Flaggy Shore,
we're celebrating Sarah's big news
by sampling the best
of what the west coast has to offer.
[Ruth] My cousin has this restaurant,
Linnane's. It's just around the corner.
[Levy] And where better to start
than with its seafood?
- Hey, how's it going?
- Hello, Ruth. How are ya?
- Great to see you.
- Conor.
- Eugene, Conor.
- Eugene.
- Nice to meet ya.
- [Sarah] Hi. Sarah.
Sarah, how are ya? Nice to meet ya.
Flaggy Shore Conor, I guess. Is that the…
- [Conor] That's me.
- [Sarah, Ruth laughing]
So you've kind of been in the seafood…
- Seafood business my whole life. Yeah.
- …business your whole life.
- Runs in the family.
- [Ruth] It does.
My daddy and my brother
actually have a clam business.
They fish for clams just on this bay.
[birds squawking]
[Levy] The waters in and around Galway Bay
are famous for deep sea fishing.
It's a rich cornucopia of shellfish,
like clams, oysters
and some prized crustaceans.
[Conor] Would you like
to pick a lobster for lunch?
You know, that would be me saying,
"You're going straight to the guillotine."
- [Sarah, Ruth chuckling]
- Yeah, okay.
[Levy] Galway actually grew up
around a fishing village
that was first established
back in the fifth century.
Locals like Conor have been catching,
selling and serving fresh seafood here
for generations.
[Conor] All right, guys. Food's here.
[Sarah] Oh, my gosh.
[Ruth] Do you wanna try
a mussel or a clam?
- [Conor] Try a bit of lobster.
- I'm gonna try a little of, uh…
lobster here.
[Sarah] Wow. Mmm.
- That's really good.
- [Sarah] Okay.
I thought you were gonna say
something else for a second.
- And I was just gonna be like, just…
- You don't know me.
You think you know me,
but you really don't.
…push him right off the pier.
- Dad is not an adventurous eater.
- Ugh.
[Sarah] He's like a bagel brunch
kind of guy. You know?
- Bagel and cream cheese. Egg salad. Tuna.
- Just who I am. Just who I am.
- Lovely.
- But this is… This is a mussel?
- Yes.
- Mmm. Mmm. Yeah.
[Levy] We all know how I feel
about raw oysters.
But Sarah's made
of stronger stuff than I am.
- The taste is delicious.
- [Ruth, Conor] Mmm.
I'm glad she has a more exotic palate
than her father.
'Cause, I mean, it wouldn't be great
if the entire family was just,
"No, I don't wanna eat that."
But I'm glad
she is in a league of her own.
Just being normal.
There's something about eating seafood
this close to the water as well.
- [Ruth] Yeah, it feels natural.
- I think it really adds to it. Yeah.
It is funny you mention that
because eating this
so close to where they actually come from…
- Yeah.
- …it's just a reminder of how they were…
They were very much alive
just not that long ago.
[laughing]
[Levy] With St Paddy's Day tomorrow,
Sarah's found a special way
we can toast this country's
well-loved patron saint.
[Sarah] We are going to meet
a distiller I've heard about
who, apparently,
makes the best Irish coffee.
- [Levy] He makes it out here?
- [Sarah] Apparently so.
[Levy] We've ventured deep
into the region of Connemara,
an area once described by Oscar Wilde
as a place of savage beauty.
- [local] Welcome.
- [Levy] Hi.
[local] How are ye? How's it going?
- Good, good. Pádraic?
- Pádraic. Nice to meet you, Eugene.
- Yes. Eugene.
- How you doing?
- [Sarah] Hello. Sarah. Nice to meet you.
- How we doing? Nice to meet ya.
Um, I brought some wellies.
- Uh, 'cause you're gonna need them.
- [Sarah] Ah.
Something tells me there's more…
There's more involved here
than just Irish coffee.
Uh, normally, Irish coffee
is with Irish whiskey.
Uh, today we're gonna try it
with its predecessor, Irish poitín.
- Poitín?
- [Pádraic] Poitín, yeah.
Before whiskey started here in Ireland,
we started doing poitín.
- [Sarah] Great.
- [Pádraic] If you're up for it.
- [Levy] Well, we'll be right back.
- [Pádraic] Wonderful.
- [Levy] That's it, honey.
- [Sarah] I think that's good. Yeah.
Yeah, that's the way.
This is really not something somebody
of Gaelic royalty should be doing.
Known as Irish moonshine,
poitín is this country's oldest spirit.
And a drink that would have been familiar
to Sarah's ancestors.
- It's a little mucky.
- [Sarah] Whoo! [chuckles]
[Levy] These vast bogs are the source
of one of poitín's vital components: peat.
- [Pádraic] My brother is here as well.
- [Levy] Oh.
- He's got a head start on us.
- Great.
Hi, folks. How's it going?
[Levy] It's going very well.
Uh, haven't seen, uh, mud this nice…
- [chuckling]
- …uh, you know, since I was a kid.
[Levy] For hundreds of years,
generations of distillers like Jimín
have been cutting the peat into bricks
and leaving them out to dry.
Dad, you wanna, uh, jump in?
All right, sure.
[Jimín] Put it down at a bit of an angle.
- Keep going down.
- [Sarah] Oh. [chuckles]
[Levy] These blocks of peat
provide fuel for the stills
and adds flavour to the poitín.
- Hey, look at this, baby!
- [Pádraic] Ooh!
- [Sarah] He's nailing it.
- [Pádraic] That's a great sod. Fair play.
So, Eugene, since you're enjoying
the turf cutting so much,
uh, the three of us
are gonna get some bog water,
so that we can actually have
our Irish coffees.
- Some bog water?
- [Pádraic] Yes.
- All right. All right.
- Enjoy.
- And thanks for this.
- [Pádraic, Sarah chuckling]
- [Pádraic] Seems to really enjoy it.
- [Sarah] Yes, right?
Well, he's into it now.
We can grab some water from here.
- Stand on the rock and just scoop it out.
- [Sarah] Scoop. [straining] Bog water.
- [Pádraic] That's perfect. Yeah, lovely.
- [Sarah] There you go.
- [strains] Oh, my God.
- All righty. [chuckles]
Hey, Eugene. How's it going?
Do you think you've earned
an Irish coffee at this stage?
- Yeah? You're up for one?
- [Levy] Oh, yes. Yes.
- Oh, I'm past the point of earning it.
- [Pádraic laughs]
You know.
[Levy] Pádraic boils the bog water…
[Pádraic] Unbelievable. Promise ya.
[Sarah chuckles]
…makes coffee with it,
and then adds the key ingredient.
This is our, uh, heritage poitín.
- [Levy] Moonshine.
- [Pádraic] Yeah.
- Sip it.
- [Pádraic] You'll see it's really smooth.
Floral.
- [Sarah] The aftertaste is smooth.
- It is smooth, yeah.
It doesn't leave you just feeling
like you've burned your entire…
- [Pádraic] Not at all.
- …oesophagus.
[Levy] Once the moonshine's in,
Pádraic tops the coffees off
with a healthy dollop of cream.
[Pádraic] As they say, uh, here…
[speaks Irish]
…which is "Happy St Patrick's Day."
Uh, to the best Irish coffee
you've ever had.
- Thank you so much.
- [Pádraic, Jimín] Slainte.
Thank you, boys.
[Pádraic] Aw.
- My God.
- [Pádraic] So good.
Boy, that is good.
I gotta admit, it's the best Irish coffee
I've ever had.
And it's gotta be the bog water.
- Uh… [stammers]
- Thank you so much.
I swear to God. Pádraic, Jimín.
- Such a pleasure, honestly.
- Thanks a million. Pleasure.
- [Sarah] That was really good.
- [Levy] Really was good.
[Sarah] That's literally where
I basically got it from.
- [Levy] Oh, my God.
- [Sarah laughs]
[Levy] Here in Connemara,
and along the entire west coast,
the kinship with nature runs deep.
Deep enough, apparently, to soak in.
[Sarah] Ruth was gonna take us
to this warm seaweed bath.
[Levy] Sounds, um,
exactly like the kind of thing
I would avoid at all cost.
[chuckles]
[Levy] Sipping bog water's one thing.
Stewing in seaweed is another.
Have fun, honey.
So I'm quite happy
to leave this one to Sarah.
- Ruth.
- Hi, Sarah.
This is…
- insane.
- [Ruth] It's lovely.
Do you know what I think you need to do?
Is give it a try yourself.
Seaweed's really good for you.
- Okay.
- We have a tub set up for ya.
- Do you wanna go get changed?
- Let's do it.
There's some shipping containers
back there.
- Ah.
- And you can get sorted
- inside one of those.
- Great.
- That's my favourite place to change.
- [Ruth laughs]
[Levy] It's March
on the west coast of Ireland,
so not exactly balmy.
- [Sarah] I'm cold already.
- No, you'll be grand.
[Levy] Good thing the seaweed
in those old whiskey barrels
has been steeped in hot water.
- [Ruth] Yeah. There you go.
- Okay. Ah.
Is that your first seaweed bath?
- This is my first seaweed bath.
- Wow.
- [exhales sharply]
- [Ruth] What do you think?
I am not gonna lie,
the seaweed underneath me
- feels…
- [Ruth] Feels a bit funny? Yeah.
- …funny.
- It's like bubble bath.
[Sarah] Yes.
- Now, with St Patrick's Day tomorrow…
- [Ruth] Mm-hmm?
- …to prove my Irish roots at this point…
- Yes.
…I was hoping that you'd teach me
a little bit of "Galway Shawl".
- Oh.
- Because you sang it so beautifully
- the other night.
- Happily. Yeah, so if I sing a line
- and you repeat it?
- Okay.
[Ruth] Okay, great.
She wore no jewels ♪
No costly diamonds ♪
- She wore no jewels ♪
- Beautiful.
No costly diamonds ♪
[Ruth] No paint, no powder
No, none at all ♪
No paint, no powder ♪
No, none at all ♪
[Ruth] And around her shoulder
Was a Galway shawl ♪
- Sarah, you're brilliant.
- [Sarah laughs]
Literally sitting in a barrel…
- You're a song bird.
- …trying to sing.
- Aw, stop. You're gorgeous.
- [chuckles]
- Thank you.
- [Ruth speaks indistinctly]
[adventurous music playing]
[Levy] The big day has arrived.
And we're on our way to Galway city
for the annual St Patrick's Day parade.
Get your Irish colours!
[Levy] Home to about 86,000 people,
Galway is Ireland's fourth largest city.
St Patrick's Day!
[all cheering]
[Levy] It held its very first
St Patrick's Day parade back in 1903,
making it a long-standing tradition.
It's such a sweet little city.
- Isn't it?
- Yeah.
[Sarah] Buzzing. Getting ready
for the parade, it looks like.
- [children] Hi.
- [Levy] How ya doing?
Happy St Paddy's Day!
- [bell ringing]
- Everybody, hands in the air!
- Oye!
- [crowd] Oye!
- Oye!
- [crowd] Oye!
- Oye!
- [crowd] Oye!
- Hello.
- [laughing]
Would you like to try ringing the bell?
- [Levy] Ringing the bell?
- Yeah.
- [bell ringing]
- Oye!
[crowd] Oye!
Oye!
- [crowd] Oye!
- Yeah!
Bravo!
Have you ever had laryngitis
on St Patrick's Day?
- Yes.
- [laughs]
[Levy] This holiday actually
marks the anniversary
of St Patrick's death.
But is celebrated with great joy
every year on March 17th.
- Hi, Sarah. How are you?
- Hello.
- You're very welcome to Galway.
- Nice to meet you. Thank you.
Eugene, what a pleasure it is
to have you here in our great city.
[Levy] No doubt the mayor's gotten word
of Sarah's royal lineage…
- Happy St Patrick's Day.
- Happy St Paddy's Day.
…because he's invited us to join him
at the front of the parade.
[mayor] Best seats in the house.
So, here we go, guys.
- [Sarah] Okay.
- [mayor] Enjoy the parade.
- [Levy] You got it. All right, thank you.
- Thank you.
St Patrick's Day in Ireland.
This is, sort of, as good as it gets.
It's the place to do it, isn't it?
[Levy] St Patrick is perhaps
the most iconic figure in Irish history.
Funny thing is,
he was actually born in Britain.
- Boy, you got a big crowd.
- It's a big crowd.
I mean, there could be 55…
60,000 people at the scene today.
- Yeah.
- Wow.
- Wow.
- Well, people enjoy the day. Hi, Brian!
- How are you, Paul?
- I'm good, Peter.
[mayor] Great. Nice to see ya.
Happy St Paddy's Day.
Hey, everybody.
Eddie. Hi, Brendan.
- You know virtually everybody in town.
- Pretty much everyone.
[Sarah] I knew that
it would be lively and vibrant,
but you don't know
until you actually see it
and experience it.
How energetic it is,
and how deep the crowds are.
I feel very, um, royal right now.
And I feel Irish.
[cheering]
[Levy] Before we go on our way,
the mayor has a little gift for us.
[Sarah] Bye. See you soon.
Can I just now present you
with two pieces of shamrock,
which I would like you to wear
on your lapels?
- It is the symbol of St Patrick's Day.
- [Sarah] Wow.
- We wear it with pride.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Wow, thank you, Peter. Thank you.
- Not at all.
- Thank you so much. Thank you.
- Thank you, Sarah. Well done. Well done.
[Levy] With real shamrocks on our lapels,
there's really only one way
to finish our time in Ireland:
Reuniting with Ruth at the pub.
- Ruth, hello.
- You look great.
- Look at your green coat!
- Happy St Patrick's Day.
- We were in the parade.
- [Ruth] How'd it go?
We were on the bus.
We were chit-chatting with the mayor.
- Yeah.
- Basically, your honorary Irish now.
Yeah, we'll have to apply
for dual citizenship.
- [Sarah] Oh, my.
- Now here you are, Eugene.
Here you go, Sarah.
Everybody, this is Sarah.
- And this is my dad.
- [Levy] This is the clan.
This is some of us anyway, yeah.
This is definitely, uh, you know,
a highpoint bucket list experience.
You know, the charm of the people
kinda belies the rugged nature
of the coastline.
- Una!
- [chattering]
You have a decent bit of Shamrock.
- He got them from the mayor.
- Look at mine.
[exclaiming, laughing]
[Sarah]
It's been such a wonderful trip for me.
And the fact that we were able
to do this together has…
has just brought
so much more meaning to it.
[Levy] And after yesterday's warmup
in a whiskey barrel,
it's time for Sarah to prove
her Irish credentials.
She wore no jewels ♪
No costly diamonds ♪
No paint, no powder ♪
No, none at all ♪
She wore a bonnet ♪
With a ribbon on it ♪
[Levy] We've had a great time,
and I love the fact that my daughter
was here on this trip with me.
Galway shawl ♪
[all cheering]
Love hanging around her, you know?
You know, she's all grown up now.
She's got her own family.
I don't get to hang around her
as much as I would like.
- [cheering]
- [speaks indistinctly]
Hey!
[laughing]
[Levy] Spending time here
has shown me that St Patrick's Day
is more than just a good time at the pub.
It's a proud celebration
of what makes Ireland so special.
And for anyone with Irish roots,
anywhere in the world,
raising a glass on this day
let's them tap into that feeling of home.
Happy St Patrick's Day.
- [Conor] Slainte.
- Slainte. Happy St Patrick's Day.
Whoa! Good catch!
- [Levy] Next on my bucket list…
- [horns honking]
I know a lot of people
who have come to India and say,
"You gotta put that on your bucket list."
- [local] Whoa, that was close.
- Almost hit that woman.
Oh, my God. It's massive.
No more calls. We have some monkeys.
I'm actually feeling like a traveller.
[exclaims]
Now that you're a Rajasthan Royals fan.
- [Levy] Look at this.
- [cricketer] Aw.
- [Levy] Is that good?
- Yeah. Very good.