Dennis Deery

[ ](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1578.jpg) Waterford Institute of Technology [ ](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1581.jpg) Car Wash [ ](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1582.jpg) Politics of stem cells is here too! [ ](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1583.jpg) Waterford street scene [ ](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1587.jpg) The view from Kathleen's office [ !

[ ](http://www.dennisdeery.com/images/irelandimages/IRELAND1566.jpg) The Irish Sea as seen from Den's office [ ](/images/irelandimages/IRELAND1568.jpg) The Master Bedroom [ ](/images/irelandimages/IRELAND1569.jpg) Living/Dining Room [ ](/images/irelandimages/IRELAND1570.jpg) Dining Room [ ](/images/irelandimages/IRELAND1571.JPG) Kitchen [ ](/images/irelandimages/IRELAND1572.jpg) Kitchen [ !

We’ve rented a nice little house in the village of Tramore, County Waterford in Ireland (click for a map). It’s about a 10-minute drive to work for Kathleen, and about 15 minutes to the edge of Waterford, the nearest big city. We’ve got 3 bedrooms (we’re ready for company!) and 2 1⁄2 baths. We’ve even got a distant view of the Irish Sea from our front windows. Tramore has a great 3-mile long beach promenade for walking, a seafront amusement park, and plenty of little shops in a downtown that hangs on the side of a really big hill.

“Left side, left side, left side, left side.” We got a car today, so I’ve been repeating that little mantra in my head. Truth be told though, on many roads here it doesn’t matter which “side” you drive on, as they’re only wide enough to have one side anyway. We’ve got a nice little Ford Focus with a manual transmission, so I’m adjusting to shifting left-handed, while my right hand keeps reaching for the stick.

We’re in Ireland! We got in Sunday morning around 8:30. Our friends Willie and Katherine picked us up at Dublin airport and drove us to Dunhill, where Kathleen will be working. We had a great day seeing some of the sights around Dunhill, including a nice walk along the Irish Sea. Then it was off to the Dunhill Folklore Festival, where we got to see dancers and singers from Sardinia as well as some local folks.

In September 2006 we’re relocating temporarily to Ireland. My wife Kathleen will be working on a year-long project for UW-Stout on the southeast coast of Ireland, and I’m going with her. But fear not, the work of Irish Rose Consulting will continue. And since I’m in the technology business, I’m going to capitalize on modern technology to keep working for new and existing clients. Using voice-over-IP telephone service, I’ll have an American phone number and a toll-free number that will ring in Ireland - no international calling charges for you.