Christmas break in Ireland

How many days on the ground will you have? What are your interests -- city or countryside? Active or leisurely? Where are you flying into and out of?

Greetings from Ireland.
Christmas in Ireland can be a tricky one for visitors because many places are closed and things are really quiet.
Its such a huge family event that hotels and restaurants find it impossible to get staff to work.
We hosted guests in Dingle last year and they loved it because they made their own fun and cooked their own Christmas dinner. The pubs were busy and full of ambience on Christmas Eve but were shut and dead as a doornail on Christmas day. They did participate in the annual Christmas day swim for charity though, icy but a great laugh with a lot of the community taking part.
In Dingle on Dec 26th there is the 'wrens day', one of the biggest festivals of the year.
Dublin can fun at Christmas, but it eerily quiet and the choice of places to eat is really restricted.
Good luck.
Nollaig shona dhuit/happy Christmas
Stephen McPhilemy
Ireland

We fly into Dublin a week before Christmas and fly out just after New Year's Day. We enjoy a bit of everything: country, city, history, art, music. Based on our experience during a previous Christmas in London, we'll look for an apartment or small house to rent right around Christmas to park ourselves during the days things are closed.

There are lots of things to do in Ireland.

There's plenty to see and do in Dublin city such as The Guinness Storehouse, The Dead Zoo, The National Wax Museum - but then Galway has plenty to offer, as does Cork.

There is some great info on the East coast from: https://www.irelandsancienteast.com/
And for the West coast see: https://www.wildatlanticway.com/home

These are both tourist drives from the government which highlight what either district ahs to offer.