You can't have a series without a multi cache!
This is a geocaching experiment. We have been placing caches around to answer the title question. Our hypothesis is that we do believe cachers value smileys, and we hope this data recorder and you will help prove our hypothesis. This is our eighth placement in the series, hence the gaelic term 'ocht' meaning eight.
Mrs. Shamrock and I used to live here in Q-Town. We thought we should bring the series north to our old stomping grounds. There is a FTF prize to sway in the data in our favor. The hike into the final can be muddy. Enjoy the hunt.
Thanks to tfromdown for stage one. It was an archived cache that Mr. Shamrock found.