Within a few hours drive of downtown Dublin lie Bronze Age forts, Neolithic tombs, Viking walls, early Christian monastic sites and ancient Georgian estates -- enough to make one's head spin. One would find centuries-old castles are very common in Ireland. Visitor to Ireland who go beyond the shops and pubs will soon be amazed by how the country revels in this age.
Ireland's past has been an inspirational saga of tradition of courage, humor, and creativity. Change is not new to the island, yet the scale and rate of the changes happening in Ireland today are without precedent. That' is exactly where the contradictions turn so endearing --like the aged farmer in a tweed cap who would panic at using a computer but would rings his bookmaker on his cellphone. The mysic of modern day Ireland lies in these very daily slices of life. You should take the time to let it absorb.
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According to historian Daniel J. Boorstin, the modern American
tourist expects both more strangeness and even more more familiarity
than the world naturally offers. Ireland continues to American
tourists more than its share of both.
It
is less obvious to most visitors is how new Ireland is as
an independent nation. The Republic of Ireland, is barely
50 years old. Roughly fifty persent of the Irish population
is under 25, and nearly 25% is under 15.