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Letter of the Month - 2008
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We receive many lovely letters from visitors to our web site and subscribers to our newsletter. As we’re fond of saying, your feedback helps to make all of the time and effort worth while. While we have a Readers Write Page where we post comments from time to time, we’ve decided to also select a Letter of the Month - one that for whatever reason, tickled our fancy. So,


May - 2008

We just returned from Ireland a week ago, and the building that is going on there is astounding! An incredible amount of money is going into the infrastructure there from the EU. And they have the prices to match - a pint of Guinness in the pubs averaged the equivalent of $6.50 - we had to cut back on eating to make up for it.
Many of our favorite places in the West are hardly recognizable anymore.  In fact, we have been especially fond of Leenane (just a bit south of Louisburg) and were startled to find a traffic light there although I think it is temporary for the duration of the bridge construction.
We had gone to a wedding in the North (Limavady) and the prices there are even higher in that the conversion rate for the pound sterling is running 2 to 1.  All of this is great for the people of Ireland, but it sure makes you tighten your belt.

Jim

Photo Credit: Leenane - Virtual Tourist


April - 2008

Dear Russ & Bridget:

This is a note of appreciation for your outstanding web site. I just returned from my sixth trip to Cobh, County Cork, in a little over a year.  I don't know myself to be Irish, but there are a few Murphy's and such in my tree.  (With the success of Wales in the Six Nations Rugby matches, I tried to imply that I was half Welsh, but my friends in Cobh wouldn't buy it.)  I already have tickets for my next trip, 9 September. I frequently check out your web site and have learned so much from it!  Thanks for your efforts!!

Dave Dagley
Pelham, Alabama, USA

Photo Credit: Irish Camper Vans


March - 2008

Dear Bridget & Russ,

We have just returned from our first visit to Ireland. St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin was amazing but I think we both agreed that while the parade was spectacular, we would have preferred something more traditional and less glitzy. It didn’t seem Irish. However, once we drove out of the city into the countryside, we experienced what we had traveled so far to find - warm hospitality, stunning landscapes, the unique sound of irish being spoken in the Gaeltachts, quaint pubs in tiny rural villages. it was everything we expected and more.
Thanks so much for a great web site and especially for the tips in Russ’s driving articles. They were invaluable. We also pretty much followed the same route south from Dublin and around the coastline back up to Shannon Airport. We are now planning our next trip and this time, we’ll head north. We both want to walk on the rocks at the Giant’s Causeway

Sincerely

Anne and Tom Cassidy

ED. NOTE: It always makes us happy to hear than our articles have been helpful. If you are planning a trip to Ireland, you may also find his driving articles of value. They are in our travel section. please click here Driving in Ireland.


February - 2008

Dear Bridget & Russ,