I am just back from 2 weeks holiday travelling around Ireland and thanks to the weather it was pretty unpleasant. Trying to entertain kids in the rain rain was difficult. Ended up having to buy a dvd player to keep them entertained. We spent way more because we seemed to always be eating and because we were mixing accomodation we were not able to cook ourselves. Hotels pretty expensive too but I did find the staff in the hotels really friendly. I feel that I never went away because it rained so much. Gripe over.