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| In Foley's Pub, Kenmare, Ireland |
SLAINTE Y'ALL!
As our title says, we are a Texan couple working through the process of finding and buying a home in Ireland. Why Ireland you ask? We were hoping you would ask that. Follow us through a bit of history before we get to the Ireland part of our story.
WHY IRELAND
Paul was born in Massachusetts to a first generation American Irish Mother and Father. Paul's mother was part of a large family who took pride in their Irish heritage. Paul's father also took tremendous pride in his heritage and Paul grew up dreaming about Ireland. They moved to Texas when Paul was only a few years old. When he was finally able to visit the Emerald Isle in 2000 he felt as though he had arrived home. He immediately began the process to obtain his Irish citizenship based on his grandparent's citizenship.
Jamie, with exception of a few years living outside the Lone Star State, is a born and raised Texan through and through. It took her a little longer to buy into the Ireland dream. Finally, on a visit to Ireland in 2010 they stayed in the small town of Kenmare in County Kerry. Looking out at the beautiful Kenmare Bay with the mountains framing it (and possibly with a pint of Harp in her hand) she said to Paul "I could live here." So the house hunting started in earnest.
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| Kenmare Bay |
WHY A BLOG
So why do we want to blog about this? Wow! You are dead on with the helpful questions today! Once we started looking into the home buying process in Ireland we realized that it was a might bit confusing. Paul has done a lot of research on the process and we are still trying to work it all out. We figured that if we blog about the process as we wander through it, then we might help others. We are not saying that we are experts, this will probably end up being more of a what not to do road guide more than a most direct route road map. As Jamie always says "If you can't be a good example, then at least be a horrible warning."
So follow along with us as we navigate the Irish house buying process and hopefully end up with our dream home.
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