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https://tsjuri.com/travel/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/01/dsc_0003.jpg600399Now we’re getting into it, the Ireland of a million postcards and movies and tour buses. As you leave the stark, raw north and head south, you can feel the atmosphere take a deep breath and relax, like it just started a yoga class. The temperature’s a little warmer, the wind’s a little gentler, the colors are coming out. But, let’s not forget that it’s still January, and we are apparently still the only tourists. This is great news for this part of the country. We first went to Clare and the eerie, Druidian moonscape that is The Burren. It was appropriately foggy and utterly gray, and we fully expected to see a wizard or sorceress materialize among the ancient tombs (Joris would be excited; Amanda, not so much). We went looking for good, live trad music, since Clare is supposed to be ripe with it, but no luck — a major..