Sorry Natalie, NYC would also do me! (as I just told Dalia)
Achill is beautifulm definitely a good way to start Ireland (rather than at a hen night in Temple Bar!) one of my friends has spent loads of NYE's there. There's a piper that goes from each pub to the centre of town at midnight or something like that. One year she got snowed in though!
Apparently 1 in 4 Britons claim Irish ancestry so its not surprising that you and Dalia have come out as Irish!
And you are safe enough admitting your scouse origins on this board, not many people will know what you are talking about!