I will be coming at the end of September and need help My cousins really want to see and hike on Skellig and I know that it is weather dependent and would be an entire day. I have also been told that if had to chose, Dingle wins over the ring of Kerry. With that said here is what I have. We will be staying in Tralee on the 25th about an hour and 20 minutes to the harbor at Portmagee where we could catch a boat to the island. On the 26th and the 27th we will be only slightly closer, an hour and 10 minutes as we are staying at a B&B in Castlemaine, the Kerry area. We will have a car. We have not booked our flights on the 28th yet. We will be flying to London. It looks like Cork airport is 2 1/2 hours from the area and Shannon is 3 hours. Both offer flights departing around 8 p.m. or slightly later into London on the 28th so that would give us a bit more time but we have to return the car and obviously check in. Not sure what the recommended time to arrive is for flights from Ireland to London. So below is a loose idea. The host where we are staying on the 26 and 27th said we should definitely do the island if we can and that we can do Ring of Kerry, Kells and Tocr in a day but obviously can't do Skellig and Dingle in a day. Thoughts and suggestions appreciated. Thanks. It does not matter what day we do what. Was actually thinking that Skellig might be better to do on Friday.
**Thurs. 9/26 – Need to decide what day want to go to Skellig Islands and if we want to just take the boat trip around them which would not be a full day or get off and hike there which would be a full day and is weather dependent. I have been told that the Dingle Peninsula is spectacular.
Dingle Peninsula and Skellig
Fri. 9/27 – Ring of Kerry ,Kells Bay House and Gardens, Torc Waterfall
Sat. 9/28 – Fly to London, depending on flight time may have additional tour time in the Kerry area