I enjoyed Cork - had a 'mini break' there a couple of years ago. I love Dublin. I had a very good time last year tootling around the North West and ending up for a quiet couple of nights in wild Achill Island - there's a thread about Achill as a vacation destination somewhere. Can't remember what Catter was on his way there at the time.

I had occasion to do bits of work in N Ireland a few years back and, as a result, I'm full of admiration for the people who are striving for some sort of normality in life. We had some really excellent site visits around the Ring of Gullion (sp?) when at a conference in Newry, and ended up in the club where the Sands were singing. (Result!) I then took my Aged Mother and her Aged Sister back for a holiday and had a wonderful time along the north coast - Giant's Causeway, the little harbour at Ballantoi (sp?), the Bushmill distillery, et al.

I intend to do Belfast eventually.

Kilkenny's very nice.

I didn't find as much trad music as I had expected to in most places, although there was a very good place in Cork - *Sin e*, was it ?

sian