I'm just off to the Famine Museum: http://www.skibbheritage.com/
We have been soaking in the true Celtic experience - Australian barmen in Scotland, Polish waitresses in Ireland and Scotland and Swedish bargirls and B&B managers in Ireland. A glass of wine is always Hardy's, Wolf Blass or Jacobs Creek and a small Irish flag is made in Pakistan.
In other unfamiliar news, TV and newspaper comentariat is concerned that housing prices are too high, the boom can't last, a nursing home has been exposed for bad care of the elderly and there are concerns about teenage binge drinking.
We are heading up to Dublin to day for a couple of days
and will visit Newgrange then back to Aberdeen on Monday
http://www.knowth.com/newgrange
We have been at Dingle for a few days http://www.dingle-peninsula.ie/
At Dingle there is a political row over the name change to Irish only:
read here: http://www.dinglename.com/
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