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The Rough Guide to Ireland (Rough Guide Ireland)

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My US-raised Fiance bought this book prior to coming over and living in Ireland and we rediscovered still on his parents' book-shelf on a recent trip over to the States. We'd intended to pass it on to some friends who'll be visiting Ireland for our wedding, but a quick glance through the pages soon convinced us this would be an act of wanton cruelty. A significant proportion of the book's details are out of date, granted sometimes only a couple of years out of date, but Ireland is changing so much that is enough for the info to be seriously misleading. (E.g I found a number of pubs, clubs , restaurants etc listed which no longer exist or have been renamed, renovated and are definitely *not* as described). The section on Northern Ireland is particularly poor, verging on the funny (e.g the ancient sun god Lugh is allegedly a popular political icon) and I genuinely feel sorry for people who're basing their travel plans on this book. On the brighter side though,any hapless visitor trying out the selection of 'useful' Irish phrases listed is certainly going to bring a smile (or indeed tears of semi-hysterical mirth) to Irish eyes...!