From my vantage point just before leaving, it seems the Irish can talk about little else. I hope that's just the history and cultural podcasts I've been listening to and the historical sites listed in the tour books. If you looked up places to go see in New England you would probably think that we only talk about the Puritans, the Tea Party and Paul Revere, Robert Frost, whaling and cod, witch trials. Tea and cod are just supermarket items 99% of the time, and these are not the witches you are looking for. So today is Derry/Londonderry, the Walls and the Murals, and we'll see.
Apparently Americans get told that they've never heard the Northern Irish side of the story, so they have to be told it again. I dunno, my ancestors founded Londonderry NH and the longtime pastor of the Presbyterian church there now mostly worships with us and is a pal of mine.
As for The Famine, it's sort of like their Holocaust, so one can hardly expect them to leave it out of their history. Though it is coming on to two centuries now.
Then Letterkenney, Donegal Castle, and Yeat's Lodge in Drumcliff.
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