Any one have experience in Killarney at Christmas? Have had a very difficult time with December accommodations in general - and am currently not in love with my resulting itinerary - we have 8 nights, Dublin to Dublin. First night Athlone, 2 near Cliffs of Moher ( this will likely make us drop Connemara as it might be too much in the car), 2 in Killarney (12/24 and 25) and three nights in Dublin (would hit rock of castle or Kilkenny/both? on drive back to Dublin).
I'd like to make dinner reservations for Christmas night -- the suggestions I had received from family have been fruitless, and reaching out to the Killarney hotel that is booked has been fruitless ( a vague, lots of things closed for meals message in reply).
Anyone with Killarney background and thoughts on Killarney restaurants that might actually be open that week? I know our travel times are less than ideal? Everyone told me Italy would be completely closed on Easter and I had a wildly different experience on the ground...
Starting to think I may have to go back to drawing board on accommodations and replan? I had originally wanted to Dublin, wicklow, Dingle, Dublin - but Wicklow is a hotel desert that week. Maybe I go Dublin - Belfast - Giants Causeway Dublin?
6 Traveling with 4 kids - 3 college age, one high school senior (18). Hoping for scenery, castles and a few pubs with music. I've been too must attractions on this wild Atlantic way solo years ago and am familiar with the slow roads and the driving. I've done fewer in the north but have been to the giant's causeway.
My favorites were cliffs of mother, kinsale and dingle and CG -- we can't do them all with this amount of time and again - there are so few open hotels for 6 available. My ring of Kerry trip was a weather bust - saw nothing