Three days on the Dingle Peninsula - Wonderful!

Check out O'Flaherty's bar in Dingle as well as the aforementioned Drochaid Beag. Try also Dick Mack's and for real atmosphere try MT Moriarty's in Strand Street. The woman who runs it is related to the dark-haired woman in "Raglan Road".

Don't miss the Conor Pass - stop at the waterfall and climb up to Pedlar's Lake. Try and climb Mount Brandon (from Faha above Cloghane) or Caherconree while you are there - these are fabulous. For a gentler stroll take in Lough Adoon for a really atmospheric place. This is accessed from the Conor Pass road.

A trip to the Blasket Islands from Dunquin is also a great day out.

My friend Micheal O'Dowd runs an excellent Guesthouse in Cloghane (O'Connor's) +353 066 7138113. Music is always welcome - if not compulsory. www.cloghne.com. Micheal spent 10 years or so working in the States.

Have a great time.