Introduction

Hello, my name is George Patterson, I'm a 58-year-old about embark on a Masters in local history at Cork UCC in Ireland.

I have lived in Cork for 20 years and I've learned a lot about the history of Ireland.  I now want to further my education and use that  part of my brain that is primarily used for learning. I want to further myself and hopefully increase my intellect, change my perceptions, emotions, trains of thought and I suppose my general personality in order to be more knowledgable and happier in my own skin. I suppose that's what we all want to do really, or at least those of us who want to do just that.