The village of DOOLIN, four miles north of the Cliffs of Moher and marked as “Fisherstreet” on some maps, is for many the music mecca of the “singing county”, and in fact of Ireland’s west. By the time you get here, you’ll no doubt already have met a good few traditional music enthusiasts on their way from across northern Europe, and there are extra buses laid on to bring them here. This said, it is not necessarily the best place for top traditional sessions – these tend to move around – but you are guaranteed to find some kind of merriment in each of Doolin’s three pubs (O’Connor’s, McGann’s and McDermott’s) every night throughout the year. The music varies enormously and you may come across anything from a bunch of amplified performers doing a medley of Eurovision classics to the kind of fabulous session you’ll remember for the rest of your life. Bearing this in mind, the key to getting the best out of Doolin is to remember that if you stumble into a poor session, there are two other bars nearby.