I'm planning a family trip to Ireland this summer last week of August. There will be 6 of us in the group. Early thinking is to arrive in Shannon and spend 2 days in the Tralee/Dingle area and make our way south east to Cork/Kinsale and then on to Dublin. We would like to spend the last 3 days in Dublin prior to our return to the USA.
My question is am I trying to squeeze in too much in a 6/7 day trip? Would it be better for us to just land in Dublin and sight see on day trips from there? Thank you!
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Bloomington, IL, USA
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I don't think that is too much at all - seems well-paced to me. You will be happier with only moving every other night or so, rather than every night (though I have done, that, too). Six to seven days in Dublin would be too much, and wouldn't allow you to see as much even with day trips because you would always be backtracking to Dublin at night.