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Originally Posted by BrianL99
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My family is from Doolin. Last year my daughter and I spent Xmas in Dublin & Killarney and headed to Doolin for NYE. Drove past Lahinch on the way (yes, I stopped in the pro shop for a new hat). It was 47 degrees, pouring rain & the wind was whipping. There were people on every Tee Box and every Green we could see.
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What was amazing about Ireland is that there are so many people in New England from Ireland with family there. We played a Cancer fund raiser there, and played with two medical professionals, one of whom went to Boston College or Boston University for a medical degree, worked in Boston hospitals, and returned to Ireland to raise a family. We flew over with families spending the summer with parents, I never knew Boston and Ireland were so closely settled until that vacation.
However, Irish castles are no match for English castles. . and although we drove everywhere ourselves, we took a beautiful route home, based upon the recommendation of our boarding house owner. I let CoachK drive it, and she refused to talk with me when we got home. Needed a glass of wine, before she muttered a single word. . . driving on single lanes with two way traffic was not a beautiful country side drive home to her, even though we had to stop for sheep and goats . . .