Hi Karen, We were in Ireland in October of 2004 also! Sally, you got the better weather because it rained almost all of the 10 days we were there! However, we were prepared for it, had raincoats, umbrellas, etc. You get used to it. Other people have been in October and have fantastic weather.
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