Ireland: Back to the routes

I enjoyed Rosemary McClure’s article on Ireland [“Road Paved in Myth, Magic,” March 16]. It reminded me of our similar trip to Ireland several years ago. However, instead of a GPS, she should have purchased a Michelin map of Ireland before her trip.

The map was invaluable in our travels and did not fail us.

Terry Marshall

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

In her few pages laced with self-denigration, to which she is evidently oblivious, McClure provides abundant evidence that it is not the Irish driver who is “maniacal.”

She observes that “St. Pat may have cast the snakes out of Ireland, but he didn’t do anything to improve highway safety.” But she could have by indulging in her wish to be “ensconced on a giant Gray Line tour bus piloted by an Irish driver.”

Brian Patrick Lane

San Clemente