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Article: The Wonders of Getting Lost in the West of Ireland.(Brief Article)
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- Europe
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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In a world of instant interconnectivity, it's nice to imagine a place where you can well and truly get away from it all. For me, the last holdout from the trappings of virtual reality is still the West of Ireland. (Other forms of virtual reality can, of course, be induced if you spend long enough in any of the country's many pubs!)
While much of Ireland now purrs along as the Celtic Tiger economy, it is reassuring that one can still get hopelessly lost on any of the many boreens (paved cow-tracks) that wind their way through the desolate landscape of the West. The inevitable dilemma arises usually at a crossroads where the expected signpost is either absent or out ...