We have all of our summer trip to SW Ireland planned except for two and a half days from when we leave Dingle to our late afternoon flight out of Dublin. There's a lot of geography between the two places but most of it isn't in the typical tourism guidebooks, so I don't really know where to start. Looking for suggestions of places to look at to visit and/or stay overnight as we work our way back to Dublin.
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Bellingham, WA
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Without knowing where else you will have been, I'd say:
1. A lot of folks mention Adare. Might be a good choice for a lunch stop and stretch of the legs. Still a good way from your destination.
2. Rock of Cashel is a popular spot
3. Overnight in Kilkenny
4. Clonmacnoise, overnight in Athlone. This is on my list.
This isn't a straight route by any means. Of these, only Adare is on a direct route from Dingle to the airport. An option is to use Google Maps to determine the driving route and then zoom in on it to pick a halfway point, stop there for a night and then continue on to Trim or Malahide or Drogheda. Finally, you could power through, drop the car and take the bus into Dublin for the end of your trip. Better yet, drop the car somewhere closer (Tralee?) and take the train into Dublin. You'd pay a fee for the drop-off, of course. If you don't want to stay in Dublin, stay in Drogheda and visit Newgrange. Direct bus from Drogheda to the airport.