Rory lived abroad in several countries as a travel guidebook writer for more than 10 years. He edits Which? Travel magazine, and our online travel journalism. Set as preferred source When I tell people in this country that I'm Irish, the most common response I get is 'I really must visit. It's estimated that less than a third of English, Scots and Welsh people have visited Ireland. Now, there are reasons for that. Connemara, as beautiful as it is, is not the Costa Blanca.