I need help. We (Healthy and experienced travelers in our early 70's) will be traveling for two weeks with a car to Ireland.. The first week is with our daughter, husband and 8&10 y/o kids. (Day 1) We fly to Dublin. (DAYS 2-3 Dublin) St. Patrick Cathedral , Dublinia Museum, Dublin Castle, Guiness Brewery, National Museum of Archaeology, Trinity College possible options. (Day 4 Belfast) pick up a car and drive to Belfast for Titanic Experience and Crumbling Road Goal. (DAYS 5&6 Derry) Dunluce Castle [on the way}. (The following day Drive to Donegal to see Donegal Castle and Cuilcagh Lakelands. (DAYS 7-10 Galway)r Carric-a-Island via Rope Bridge and Giants Causeway in the same day. The following day our Family with our grandkids go home via Shannon Airport and my sister arrives. Visit Kilmainham Gaol Prison Museum. The next day drive to Cliffs of Moher then Doolin Caves. Maybe do the Hazel Mountain Chocolate Shops in Burren. The next day Drive to Rossaveel Pier to catch the ferry to Inishmore Island. (Day 11 Dingle ) Visit Adare ?. Drive the Slea Head Drive. (Day 12 Kinsale) Drive to Cork and explore. Drive to Union Hall.(Days 13&14) Kilkenny) Drive to Kilkenny Castle. Drive to Kilmainham Goal Prison Museum. (Day 14) Drive to Rock of Cashel Ruins. (Day 15) Drive to Dublin Airport to drop off the car and flight home. I would like to reduce the amount of accommodations we use. We will not return to Ireland and so we want the highlights. We also have spent 5 days in Dublin before and loved it. this is why we are returning and our family is joining us.
We welcome suggestions for any additions or skips would be appreciated. we are planning to go around the first 2 weeks of June.
Anyone with B&B or family run hotel suggestions are welcomed. Thank You
Posted by
Land of La
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Gap of Dunloe, Killarney National Park, Coumeenole Beach and Foxy Johns in Dingle.
Posted by
Bellingham, WA
1465 posts
Your days and locations don't make any sense. Carrick-a-Rede and Giants Causeway are near Dun Luce Castle, which is on Day 5. You mention Kilmainham Gaol twice, but not during your stay in Dublin, which is where Kilmainham is. Is your sister arriving in Dublin? Or Shannon? Cashel is on the way from Cork to Kilkenny.
I can't make any sense of how you got from Galway on Day 10 to Dingle on Day 11 while also visiting Cliffs of Moher, the Burren, and Inishmore.
On Day 4, your plan is to check out of your accommodation, pick up a rental car (which will need to be a van to hold six people), drive to Belfast and visit two places there. Are you going to drive through the city to these places and then to your accommodation? That's a VERY long day for an 8yoa child. And it's by no means the longest day on your itinerary.