Show 30 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday May 3 1981 Hospitable Irish charm even the most cynical By David Richwine DUBLIN Ireland (UPI) — In Ireland the initial shock of an unsolicited free meal or an evening of quiet conversation with strangers in front of a peat fire can quickly grow on even the most cynical tourist The everything from Ted Kennedy to the price of eggs and a walk along a beautiful cove as the seagulls squawked morning the next family dbye waved goo- from their driveway among We were their first guests this year but probably won’t be the last As we drove away to bump along the rocky seaway path back to a paved road the Quinn Bargain hunters and loners who don’t want to fight the estimated 2 million people the Gulf Stream spring and even assuring green grass and fields 12 months a year even if the trees are bare expected to visit Ireland this year will be pleased to know that autumn eye-pleasi- ng winter vacations can be just as pleasurable The island country d is truly green all On a March temperatures barely dipped to 40 at night and at times climbed to 60 during the day It's no place to get a year-roun- with' trip its strategic location on suntan but neither is it necessary to bring along more than a light coat and sweater although an umbrella or rain gear will come in handy A time-savfor those with limited budgets is the Irish Tourist Board a er quasi-governme- into journeys unfamiliar country nt agency which spends millions of dollars to promote the nation's second For a nominal fee they tackle a tricky phone system which seems indecipherable to most Americans and try to suit your individual needs One warning: The locals drive very fast largest industry In every major city tourist board members decked out in green cheerfully try to book your nightly on roads which seem quite narrow by US standards Be especially cautious of livestock children bicyclists horse-draw- n caravans and mothers with baby carriages All of them use the highways as sidewalks non-sto- p friendliness isn't phony and the Emerald Isle is still a magical country economy and despite a sagging struggle with and inflation cent a 20 per- unemployment rates who's Everyone seen the movie Daughter’’ “Ryan's knows about the spec- tacular of- scenery fered by areas such as the Dingle Peninsula the Ring of Kerry and the Donegal MCP and Galway regions And for history buffs there’s an abun- KERR V PECTIN 2oz dance of castles CANNING 110W cathedrals and ruins scattered throughout the land You can see them in bustling IQ CAN Dublin cosmopolitan or trampling through the back-4- 0 of someone's farm One ruined fort we stumbled upon was nearly 1000 years old and it was being used as a protective pen for newborn lambs and their mothers But the people — not the picture postcard views — are what my wife Annette and I will never forget One was the teenage waitress who dashed out of a restaurant during our meal and returned some more milk for our tea at a nearby store MEADOW GOLD Then there was a man nam- POWDERED ed Dennis whom we picked up hitchhiking one day near Tralee He found us a nice hotel room and bought us drinks in a quaint pub all the while conp tributing a social dialogue on the MILK 20 quarts $499 MOUNTAIN AMEIICA Irish culture 389‘ to bicycle the countryside or too independent for the quick-loo- k bus tours But our embarrassment on getting a rented car stuck in a muddy cow path was quietly returned hoeing his land POWDERED BROWN SUGAR SUGAR 25 lbs 25 lbs P's BES-PA- 11 az CONTAINERS 79c “iC meat MIXES TOPPING unexpected 1°? 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