I like a subject I know something about :)
Re: Irish blood.
Well, that depends. On the one hand it's all kinda Celtic so the sound of Scottish or even Irish bagpipes should stir your soul.
On the other, the English sent most of the Scots to Ireland and relocated the Irish to Scotland back in the day (and also conscripted us to fight each other), so who the heck knows anymore.
On the third, NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. Yer Irish.
