16 Things We Learned While Traveling in Ireland
5. There are far more sheep than people in Ireland and you will encounter them in unexpected places, like blind spots on winding roads
I don’t know if it’s a fact, but it sure seems like there are twice as many sheep as people in Ireland. It used to be that an animal killed on the road was owned by the driver, but recent changes in the law have put the onus on the farmer. Regardless, you don’t want to spend your vacation dealing with road kill and car damage, so be careful driving and if you can’t see around a corner, slow down.
5. There are far more sheep than people in Ireland and you will encounter them in unexpected places, like blind spots on winding roads
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Gwen Pratesi
Gwen Pratesi is a James Beard Foundation Award Finalist in Journalism and an award-winning travel writer. She is the author and owner of PratesiLiving.com with her husband and a regular contributor to the Travel section of U.S. News & World Report. She also freelances for other publications including The Points Guy, USA TODAY, Cruise Critic, Travel + Leisure, Garden & Gun, Marriott Bonvoy Traveler, Reader's Digest, Forbes Travel Guide, Smarter Travel, TripAdvisor, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Magazine and World Travel Magazine. Her work has also been featured on MSN, Yahoo!, Business Insider, and SheKnows.
Gwen chronicles her love of international travel and experience as a professional home cook on PratesiLiving.com, where she shares the stories of some of the world's most sought-after destinations and cruise lines, highly regarded chefs, restaurateurs, farmers, wine and spirits producers and culinary artisans.
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