Is it realistic to leave Belfast early in morning, spend day at Valley of Boyne area (Hill of Tara, Newgrange) and catch 6pm flight from Dublin? We will have a car and need to return car at DUB.
Posted by
South East Ireland
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You will have plenty of time, Belfast to Dublin Airport is about 90 minutes driving time. Allow an extra hour if brexit creates a border checkpoint between Newry and dundalk.
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Huntington Beach CA
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I looked on google maps and it looks like Belfast to Newgrange is 77 miles so I think if you leave really early it would be doable. We did a day trip out of Dublin to Hill of Tara and Newgrange and if you only have time to see one, I would pick Newgrange. There’s a little museum that takes about an hour to go through and make sure you get on the tour that will take you inside the passage tomb. It’s a pretty amazing experience to be inside that tomb that was built even before the pyramids in Egypt! If you can get to Newgrange by 9 am you should be able to leave that area by noon or 1 pm to get to the airport, return the car and check in to your flight.