Thoughts on itinerary for 11 day trip to Ireland

The Dunguaire castle tour is very good, and we stayed for the medieval dinner show, a bit pricey but worth the splurge because it was a great show with really good food and unlimited wine. We were told it was full, but some people cancelled and we got in just fine. We really liked the Inishmore Island, had a great hop-on hop-off driver who was a local and knew some great history. You will have a great time.

I think that it sounds good. You seem to be alternating day tours with walking around days so you're not on busses all the time. I think that Cashel is too far out of your way to make a reasonable side trip. The only way to fit Newgrange in would be if you could find an early or late tour from Dublin on day 10, that would still leave you time to see some more of the city. But by then, you may be happy to not have one more thing scheduled. Enjoy, and if you don't do everything you planned, you'll still have a wonderful time.

Newgrange is pretty amazing if you can manage to fit it in. As someone mentioned, you might get a day tour on your Day 10. The Mary Gibbons Newgrange day tour was wonderful; also recommended by RS. There are also some half-day tours by other operators. You should be ok waiting to decide until a couple days in advance and see what you are up for.

Although this is well beyond my knowledge, from what I remember when I looked into various options last summer, your day 6 plan of going to Inis mor from Doolin but returning via Rossaveel sounds like an efficient idea but might get complicated. I believe you will be dealing with two totally separate ferry companies. If it is October, then the ferries have fewer sailings and perhaps more weather cancellations. If you are bringing luggage with you, do you have a place to store it while on the island? I hope it works out.