I wonder how many people have gone on musical mystery tours chasing their favourite song, tune or dance.
A friend went to the valley mentioned in The Meeting of the Waters and was disappointed that it wasn't as beautiful as she had imagined. (Though the song says it was the romantic associations not the scenery that mattered).
On our first trip to the Willie Clancy festival we planned our routes to stand on the Bridge of Athlone, go All the way to Galway and take the Road to Lisdoonvarna. I was impressed by the faded glories of what looked like a Spa town