Irish cottage in upstate NY

I was only in E. Durham once or twice and that was before it began to see Irish culture as something more than a booze fest. I know a lot of Irish people will find this kind of development odd (or worse), but I can't see how it's anything other than a good thing. A lot of Irish-Americans will never make it to Ireland for all sorts of reasons, but that doesn't mean they're not interested in Irish history, etc.