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Ireland Trip tomorrow

Traveling to Ireland tomorrow and wanted any opinions/help on plans. Briefly it goes like this:
Fri-Dublin
Sat-Gardens of Powerscourt/Glendalough/Rock of Cashel? then to Kinsale 2 nights.
Sun-either Kinsale/Cork or drive to Gap of Dunloe
Mon-Dingle Peninsula then to Limerick 2 nights
Tues-Cliffs and Burren
Wed- back to Dublin 2 nights
Thur-Day trip to Giant's Causeway/Belfast
Fri-leave for US
Too tight or very doable? I love to drive so not a problem if within reason. Any comments are appreciated.

Brian

Posted by
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My husband and I were just in Ireland in March, and although we didn't attempt to go to Belfast, we did incorporate many of the other sites you
are seeing into our 8 day trip.
We would skip Limerick, if we had it to do over, and add another night to Dingle. The Slea Head drive around the Dingle Peninsula was gorgeous. The area is also blessed with the friendliest people we met on the whole trip. And there is some great traditional music to be found in their pubs.

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Your trip sounds very tight to me but if you don't mind being a bit rushed then you should be alright. I always think less is more because you can enjoy yourself more and not worry about getting to the next destination. A vacation is just that to not be rushed, enjoying the sights you're seeing and not rushing off to get to the next destination. Just my opinion. Anyway, have a great time!

Posted by
333 posts

Doable. Although it would be a long day from Dublin-Kinsale while stopping at your planned stops especially if you haven't driven on the left before plus jetlag.. You may want to think about stopping in Kilkenny that first night.

I'd personally go directly to Belfast and spend 2 days there and on the Antrim Coast than going back to Dublin and trying to make a day trip out of it.

You'll get a good idea of the distances after a couple of days of driving. If you haven't booked ahead go at your own pace. No reason to make yourself miserable trying to cram everything in

Edit: I should add have a great trip. Huge festival going on in Buncrana Co Donegal this weekend. I wish I was going :(

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Thanks for all the suggestions. We leave in a few hours. The cities we are in are part of a package but intend to just be there to sleep and shower only.

I'll have a pint for everyone!!

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977 posts

I would strongly second the suggestion to skip Limerick.