My husband and I are celebrating our anniversary and are traveling Ireland in 10 days. Your tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Schedule
Arrive Dublin AM-travel to Powerscourt & Glendaugh, on to Cobh overnight stay.
Day 2 travel to Kenmare-Ring of Kerry, stay overnight in Kenmare.
Day 3 travel to Ennis do some shoping and visit the Burren. Then to Doolin, rest, overnight stay.
Day 4 Cliffs of Moher & Aran Islands, stay overnight in Doolin.
Day 5 travel to Galway, see Connemara, maybe Croagh Patrick, Dungaire Castle, stay overnight in Renvyle.
Day 6 travel to Donegal visit town, castle, horseback riding, stay overnight.
Day 7 travel to Giant Causeway, Bushmills Distillery. Haven't decied where to stay this night.
Day 8 travel to Newgrange and Hill of Tara and onto Dublin for two night stay.
Day 9 Visit cemetery where I have family, tour of town, Guinness maybe. Any suggestions for the evening??
Day 10 Leave 11AM Flight!
Posted by
Coldwater
55 posts
Wow ! Would love to be going ! Went last year for our 4rth Ireland visit.I agree that Cobh would probably be a stretch to reach on your first day-we did Powerscourt and Glendalough but stayed near Avoca at a place called Koliba-wonderful B+B.Up at Giants Causeway we stayed at a place called Valley View in Bushmills-have stayed there twice and loved it both times-out in the country but only a few miles from Causeway.We enjoyed Dingle more than Ring of Kerry-Rick's book gives a great tour of Dingle. Ring of Kerry was major fogged in when we went.We went to Aran Islands from Galway-had heard the boat from Doolin area did not go out on a reliable basis due to weather. Enjoy !
Posted by
Bloomington, IL, USA
9363 posts
It looks like a good trip, but I'd make one suggestion. You might find that the drive from Dublin to Cobh, via Powerscourt and Glendalough, might be just too far. After an overnight flight, getting your bags, picking up your rental car, and getting on the road, it's going to be toward midday. You'll probably want to spend at least an hour (maybe more) at Glendalough, too. You'll be driving on the opposite side, on narrow mountain roads. For your own peace of mind, you might want to at least look at what other towns are in your path in case you just can't do the drive all the way to Cobh (getting around Cork's traffic is a whole other issue).