Rick Steves Ireland (Twenty-Second Edition)

About Pat O'ConnorRick Steves

Since 1973 Rick Steves has spent about four months a year exploring Europe. His mission: to empower Americans to have European trips that are fun affordable and culturally broadening. Rick produces a best-selling guidebook series a public television series and a public radio show and organizes small-group tours that take over 30000 travellers to Europe annually. He does all of this with the help of more than 100 well-travelled staff members at Rick Steves' Europe in Edmonds WA (near Seattle). When not on the road Rick is active in his church and with advocacy groups focused on economic and social justice drug policy reform and ending hunger. To recharge Rick plays piano relaxes at his family cabin in the Cascade Mountains and spends time with his son Andy daughter Jackie and his grandson...baby Atlas. Find out more about Rick at www.ricksteves.com and on Facebook.Connect with Rick:facebook.com/RickStevestwitter: @RickStevesinstagram: ricksteveseuropePat O'Connor an Irish-American first journeyed to Ireland in 1981 and was hooked by the history and passion of the feisty Irish culture. Frequent return visits led to his partnership with Rick his work as a tour guide for Rick Steves' Europe and co-authorship of this book. Pat who loves all things Hibernian except black pudding thrives on the adventures that occur as he slogs the bogs and drives the Irish back lanes (over 2000 kilometres annually) in search of new discoveries.