For many years I have heard some clichés like: “Ireland has the most beautiful landscapes in the world”, “Emerald Island” etc. While I was on the plane to Ireland I was wondering would it be true or not. Due to my many visits to Scotland and the landscapes I saw over there my approach to that topic was rather skeptical but I was curious of course.
My first meeting with the Irish landscapes took place on my way from Dublin to Carlow, and I must admit though the views were nice I was slightly disappointed. It was like in Scottish lowlands, and it was rather boring. Moreover my guidebook told me that most parts of Ireland were flat and that was not a good perspective.
Actually Ireland is not flat as we know in Poland which central part is real flat, almost like in Netherlands. Ireland has lots of nice hills, wavy fields and road bends.
The beauty of Ireland occurrs in daily life and work, around the sites I dig. Some of the places brought me to my knees. There is no point to compare Ireland and Scotland. Both countries are beautiful and similar but there is some kind of difference, as I wrote before: it is like the difference in flavour of Irish Whiskey and Scottish Whisky.
And the nice places are everywhere in the country, for example a very small cemetery somewhere near Burtonhall. It reminds me an old computer game “Ghosts’n'goblins” 
Or a beautiful small church south from Tullow near not so high but also beautiful Blackstair Mountains or Courtown Harbour on the shores of Irish Sea (although the town is quite boring but the harbour is beautiful).
Blackstair Mountains:
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Life in such places seems to be very slow and peaceful.
Courtown Harbour:
Ilooked at your writings and pictures and I felt a longing and sadness for the beautiful place I left to come to England.
I have not seen any Poles where I live but would be delighted to offer one or two work. I have great respect and admiration for the Polish people and culturally feel close to them; especially now that many have left their homeland, an experience we now share.
Like the pictures.
One other thing , all of my great-grand parents spoke Irish , but were beaten for doing so. The English wiped it put in a generation. They knew it offered a cohesion to the people and made life more difficult for the invaders.
thanx!