In the centre of fashionable shops on Grafton Street near the statue of Molly Malone you may meet a lot of young people from the Continent who come to Ireland to learn English and this educational tourism is worth £ 50 million a year to the state. And if you wish to leave overcrowded O'Connel Street with its statue of the national hero, take a bus tour to nearby Wicklow mountains - the "Garden of Ireland" full of fascinating variety and beauty - where, in an ancient monastic settlement in Glendalough, you can glimpse the mysterious and moving history of this country.