Super excited to begin planning a family trip to Ireland in mid June- this will probably be our only visit to Ireland! We're all adults, no children, and interested in just about anything Ireland has to offer in terms of sights to visit/places to eat/things to do. At this point we are thinking of flying into Dublin, spending about 2 days there and then heading toward Cork. Once in Cork we will be staying there about 5 days and doing the rest of our sightseeing and day trips from there. From Cork we will be planning day trips for the Ring of Kerry, Cliffs of Moher, and Dingle.
I'm looking for any recommendations for places to visit while driving from Dublin to Cork and a good town to spend a overnight in. In reading some other posts on here it seems like fitting in Cashel and Cahir Castle are recommended; I'm also seeing people planning stops in Kilkenny, Waterford, and/or Wexford. If you had about a day and a half to drive from Dublin to Cork where would you go and where would you spend the evening? Since Cork will be our "home base" for the rest of the trip I'd like to make the most of out the drive from Dublin to Cork by stopping at places that wouldn't be part of our day trips from Cork.
Thanks!