My husband will arrive in Dublin, post March 17 for about a week. The closer I get to this trip (for celebrating my 70th) the more I get concerned about us renting a car and driving. Our itinerary is Dublin to Powerscourt area, then South toward Waterford and finally West to Kinsale and back North to fly out of Dublin. I have booked a car but am willing to give that idea up if someone can assure me that we can figure out transportation. Any suggestions? We are a young 69/70 but I want this to be a relaxing trip.
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Rick Steves' Europe
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If you choose to do this route by public transport, then you could do Powerscourt as a daytrip/tour from Dublin. The rest is very easy, if you don't have other stops planned. Dublin-Waterford by train 8x/day, Waterford to Cork and Kinsale by bus runs almost hourly, Cork to Dublin by train runs hourly. Buy train tickets online at http://www.irishrail.ie/, no deadline to do so, but cheaper than in the stations. I would buy bus tickets in the stations.
If driving, see also https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/driving-in-great-britain-and-ireland.
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OP
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Very helpful. Thank you.