Yea, Val. The west of Ireland, in particular, does enjoy a fairy mild and moderate climate, due mainly to it being on the eastern edge of the Atlantic and under the influence of the warm Gulf Stream that sweeps up from the the Gulf of Mexico before crossing the Atlantic to travel up the west coast of Ireland (among other places).
The one thing I don't like about it, though, is that it tends to result in warm moist air, which means that we do tend to get a lot of wet days, some of which seem to go on and on for days or weeks on end.