HOLIDAYS in IRELAND

The Harbour in Kinsale from the hillside above

Kinsale is a beautiful and historic town situated on the south coast just south west of Cork city. It is also noted for its fine restaurants and i myself can vouch for that as i do love my food. The high quality of Irish food always seems to surprise my North American clients, and i am not quiet sure why as i have always felt that it is as good as it gets. All of our Beef and Lamb comes from free range animals and you can never equal the flavour of meat that has been raised on open pasture. I find that many visitors from the USA seem to be strangers to lamb, as we eat quiet a lot of it here, especially from Easter onwards. The Easter lamb is expensive as that is the first real lamb of the new year. As the year progresses it does get cheaper as more lambs come on the market. Make sure you try it when you are here.
I have been busy as usual and as expected i am now receiving quiet a lot of enquiries. Compiling itineraries does take time when you are tailoring plans individually for people but that is what i like to do. They may visit many of the same areas but it is what they do in these areas that varies quiet a lot. I may have to explore areas within areas especially when there is family history involved. I enjoy that though and i love the excitement when people find that they are now in the heart of the very place their ancestors were born in, and maybe where they spent their early years.
Our weather this month has been really nice...cold but with plenty of sunshine, and great fresh air. January can be a wild and wet month here and it is such a relief to get this far through the month without having had any of that. The days are slowly but surely begining to lengthen and the feeling of Spring is in the air. What a lovely country Ireland is when the sun is shining.
At long last we have a date fixed for our general election and we should have a new government by the end of March. Many people are excited about this prospect but i would not be expecting things to suddenly become wonderful again for some time to come. We are on the road to recovery i believe but it will be a hard and long slog. Such is life.
The upside of this for those who may wish to come to Ireland is that there is value here now as prices have come down and improved considerably. Maybe you are one of those who might wish to avail of the good value that is to be had here now and, if so, then just give me a call or drop me a line. I would love to hear from you.

Dave