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52. Wow, that sounds like a great opportunity! I love history and have read a lot on Irish History,

Sat Jul 13, 2019, 10:30 PM

Jul 2019

but am hardly an expert. Do you speak Gaelic/Irish?

I understand the pub culture over there, it's their home away from home. I loved it when we went to go listen to the traditional music in the pubs. It was such a great time. Ireland is such an incredible, mystical country.

We started in Dublin, went down to Glendalough/St. Kevin's Monastary, Powerscourt Gardens, Rock of Cashell, Killkenny, Killarney, the Dingle Peninsula, Galway, Connemara, the Burren, Knock, Derry, Portrush/The Giant's Causeway, Antrim Coast, Belfast, Newgrange and then back to Dublin.

It was an amazing trip! It must have been great to live there. I lived in Vienna for a semester as an undergrad and it was such a different experience than being a tourist. You get such a better grasp of the culture when you actually live there for a while.

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Your Alcoholic Beverage of Choice? [View all] ProudLib72 Jul 2019 OP

Gin & tonic. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #1

Whiskey and water. Lochloosa Jul 2019 #2

What kind of whiskey? ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #4

I prefer a blended canadian Lochloosa Jul 2019 #6

Surely not Yukon Jack! ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #13

Oh hell no. Lochloosa Jul 2019 #15

I think I tried that stuff one time ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #17

For everyday drinking...Wiser De Luxe. I can't stand Crown Lochloosa Jul 2019 #19

Where did you live in Ireland? smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #32

South of Dublin in Dalkey ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #38

I think it was Bass ale. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #43

That one semester was part of my first master's degree ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #45

Wow, that sounds like a great opportunity! I love history and have read a lot on Irish History, smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #52

Wait a minute. Did you skip Donegal? ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #63

We did not make a stop in Donegal, but we did make a brief stop in Kinvara which is in county smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #70

If I went back, I would head straight to Donegal and just stay there for the duration ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #71

I'm not sure. I think we must have because I remember going to an old, wild castle smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #74

I'm moving for a job, and the place I'm going to is on the plains ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #79

Where are you moving? smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #88

You missed out on Cork ! OnDoutside Jul 2019 #91

Who are you talking to? I've been to Cork! ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #108

Good ! It would have been a pity to miss the best county ! OnDoutside Jul 2019 #112

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"I did Irish whiskey and water for a while when I lived in Ireland" mitch96 Jul 2019 #50

Paddy and Black Bush were my favorites ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #66

Have you tried Redbreast ? It's the more reasonably priced OnDoutside Jul 2019 #92

"Someone told me once that Irish whiskey tasted like turf" mitch96 Jul 2019 #107

Real potcheen is nasty stuff ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #110

The South West is the place to get the better poitin but you need OnDoutside Jul 2019 #113

That stuff has to be, what, 160 proof plus? ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #114

I wouldn't drink it neat anyway !!! I'd be confident I could still OnDoutside Jul 2019 #115

Ok, what is the deal with potcheen going bad if lightning strikes near the still? ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #117

I'd never heard that, I suspect it was just badly distilled. If you get OnDoutside Jul 2019 #118

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You know what? I will drink white with ice ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #44

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Moscow Mule ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #41

There is something I really don't like about drinking out of the copper cup. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #46

I don't know, SM. I think of them as more sterile than glass ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #48

I'm sure they are. I think it is the way they feel on my teeth. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #53

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