It’s the very fact that both nations have a fairly similar offering that makes this a hard question to answer.Ireland exhibits the confidence of a small independent nation growing and prospering in Europe. Or maybe we were just lucky and caught the hawthorn in full bloom everywhere.(Eh?

(Oddly enough, Munros outside Scotland are sometimes referred to as Furths, from the Scots word furth meaning beyond. (Some would argue though that it is almost at that stage. (And we live there.) This had still not been achieved when the accession of James VI of Scotland to the English throne in 1603 changed their prospects dramatically. 4. )If you are thinking of including Ireland (beyond Dublin) in your vacation plans then, yes, as Scotland experts, and Irish comparative newbies, we’d say definitely go to Ireland. Nope, for food, it’s a tie.NB, this generalisation does not apply to very top end dining. The Plantation of Ulster (Irish: Plandáil Uladh; Ulster-Scots: Plantin o Ulster) was the organised colonisation (plantation) of Ulster – a province of Ireland – by people from Great Britain during the reign of King James I.Most of the colonists came from Scotland and England.Small private plantation by wealthy landowners began in 1606, while the official plantation began in 1609. The Best of Ireland and Scotland tour hits 25 destinations between Dublin and Edinburgh. In Mary Tudor's reign, when the strategy of colonisation by plantation was introduced in Ireland, there were plans to drive out these Scots and replace them with Welsh and northern English settlers. Both have a well-developed tourism infrastructure.A visitor can get more or less the same experience in terms of visitor attractions and impressive scenery.What distinguishes them is the engagement - the interaction with the people who live there. )Further disclosure: we weren’t invited by any Irish tourism body and we never spoke with anyone in the industry.Nope, we flew across the Irish Sea to meet up with a close relation who now works in Galway - so, instead of being guides, we were guided. For the avid ‘Munro bagger’ Scotland is the place to be.But height isn’t everything. Our notes will help you decide.OK, we are Scotland experts. Scottish Americans are closely related to Scotch-Irish Americans, descendants of Ulster Scots, and communities emphasize and celebrate a common heritage. Considering sheer rugged spectacle, there are 282 Munros, ie mountains over 3000ft (914m) in Scotland. The English in Ireland viewed these developments with suspicion, however. The Republic of Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democracy while Northern Ireland and Scotland is part of a monarchy.

The MacDonnells proved to be stubborn survivors. Ireland, on the other hand, is famous for their many castles and natural wonders like the Giant’s Causeway. Oh, a 'Furth' is a Munro that lies outside Scotland...Mentioned above, but I knew you'd forget. The Protestant archbishop of Armagh, Hugh Dowdell, advocated their expulsion as urgent government policy, 'so that they might never be able to continue or dwell therein'. )Mind you, come to think of it, the chances are that in Galway City the traffic will probably be grid-locked anyway. Ireland. Scotland.4 The designation of Scots-Irish (for those of Scottish heritage living in Ireland) did not exist until the era of Britain‘s Jacobean kings in the early 1600s, when James VI/I (1603–1625), the Stuart king-made-heir to Elizabeth I‘s throne, instituted the voluntary At least, not so far…but then I’m still a beginner when it comes to Irish whiskey.I suppose what the casual road-bound visitor can see could be called the touring terrain - the immediate impressions of the prevailing landscape. The island is the third largest in Europe, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Celtic Sea as well as the Irish Sea. (Already we are in the area of dangerous generalisations, I know. )Carrantoohil, the tallest mountain in Ireland at  3408ft (1039m), is exceeded by more than 90 summits in Scotland. Certainly, as folk steeped in Scotland tourism industry, we spent our days in Ireland starting sentences with ‘Doesn’t this remind you of…’ Perhaps the two Celtic nations actually share more than I’m implying here.Like tourism in Scotland, the industry is important for Ireland too.Let’s hope those responsible for promoting the product in Ireland never have a Skye or a North Coast 500 scenario on their hands: when a Scottish destination is simply over-promoted to the detriment of the lives of the locals and the experience of the visitors at peak times. He extended his Scottish patrimony into north Antrim through his marriage to Margery Bisset, heiress to the estates carved out by her Norman ancestors in the twelfth century. How many times did we catch ourselves thinking that we wished Scotland was like this…? Sure, if time permits, visit Scotland (beyond Edinburgh) too.Then compare and contrast. In short, we were just plain old tourists.Inevitably, instead of the down-to-earth “seen that, done that lots of times” tone which we sometimes accidentally adopt while writing/advising on Scotland, we were reduced to rookies, gee-whizz bloggers and first impressionists for the part of Ireland we were discovering.And that was around Galway, in the west. It seems confident enough of the overall experience it offers as a small, prosperous, go-ahead independent nation integrated with Europe and with an international outlook.Just think, Ireland doesn’t have to bang on all the time about Loch Ness Monsters or Bonnie Prince Charlie rowing over to Skye or a thousand wiggling kilts; neither does is tie itself up with inventing  endless different visitor trails, like tartan spaghetti all over the country.Sure, we saw signs for the ‘Wild Atlantic Way’ - but these seemed more reassuring than motivational.In any case, the ‘WAW’ signposts 1553 miles / 2500 km of Irish coastline and isn’t the sort of thing you’ll be tempted to roar through in a couple of days - which is what seems to happen with, say, Scotland’s over-promoted ‘North Coast 500’.Yeah, we loved the trip partly because it was thought-provoking.

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