After thirty years as a chosen Dubliner and Ireland correspondent for taz, Ralf Sotscheck has (almost) turned over every stone on the island, visited (almost) every pub, and researched (almost) every conceivable topic. Thus, he can share stories that go far beyond the clichés commonly held by Ireland-loving Germans about the island with its melancholic songs and its beer-loving inhabitants. On a journey along the Irish coast, Sotscheck not only reports on breathtaking landscapes and the remarkable harmony of a flora that originates from the Arctic, the Mediterranean, and the Alps – he also explains how European quota regulations led to an Irish golf boom, why Barack "O'Bama" is actually Irish, and what drove the Gaul Asterix to the rocky west coast. Those who follow in Sotscheck's footsteps will learn about the life-giving water "Uisce Beatha.".