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Hi all,

I am trying to put together am itinerary for vacation to Ireland- sometime next summer and have no idea where to start!

Me and DH are into scenery, nature, castles, and are photography buffs. Not really into the bar scene.

Any recs would be appreciated!

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we went about 4.5 years ago... LOVED it!!! we booked a package through AerLingus vacations. so basically it included the flight, rental car, and 6 nights of hotel... BUT the hotels were in different spots ( 2 nights in each hotel).
so it was helpful because we at least knew where woould be staying on which days, and could look for things in that area to do for those days.
the first night was in dublin. Then 2 nights near Cork, 2 nights near Limerick, and then the last night was back in Dublin before we flew home
in Dublin we just walked around the city- saw st. patrick cathedral, etc. we also did the Blarney castle, the Jameson distillery, Guiness factory tour, and there was a place with some really nice gardens... but i can't remember the name of it!! We also drove to the Cliffs of Moher one day, which were awesome and definitely have to see!!
so... yeah... check out if AerLingus vacations still does packages like that... like i said it was nice bc it was planned for us, but kind of not at the same time... FM with any other questions

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Posted by ml110

we went about 4.5 years ago... LOVED it!!! we booked a package through AerLingus vacations. so basically it included the flight, rental car, and 6 nights of hotel... BUT the hotels were in different spots ( 2 nights in each hotel).
so it was helpful because we at least knew where woould be staying on which days, and could look for things in that area to do for those days.
the first night was in dublin. Then 2 nights near Cork, 2 nights near Limerick, and then the last night was back in Dublin before we flew home
in Dublin we just walked around the city- saw st. patrick cathedral, etc. we also did the Blarney castle, the Jameson distillery, Guiness factory tour, and there was a place with some really nice gardens... but i can't remember the name of it!! We also drove to the Cliffs of Moher one day, which were awesome and definitely have to see!!
so... yeah... check out if AerLingus vacations still does packages like that... like i said it was nice bc it was planned for us, but kind of not at the same time... FM with any other questions

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Ring of Kerry is a must.

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DH and I did a roadtrip through Ireland when we were still dating. It was one of the best trips we've ever taken.

We did a Fly & Drive through Aer Lingus. It included airfare, rental car, and vouchers for B&Bs throughout Ireland. We flew into Shannon and out of Dublin and basically drove across country.

We did the following:

Galway - Stayed in B&B here (one night)
Cliffs of Moher
Killarney
Ring of Kerry
Kenmare - Stayed in B&B here (2 nights)
Blarney Castle
Rock of Cashel - Stayed in B&B in Cashel (2 nights)
Waterford
Tramore - Stayed in B&B here (1 night)
Dublin - Stayed in Guesthouse here (3 nights)

Have fun! Ireland is amazing!

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We also did Air Lingus.....the bus tour. It was great. Had a ton of fun. Highly reccommend them.

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I went years ago, but we went to Giants causeway, blarney castle and had dinner at Bunratty castle.

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We did a two week trip to Ireland right after we were married. Flew in and out of Shannon. It was 10 years ago so my memory is a little spotty.

Day1- Dromoland Castle. gorgeous old castle, and only a few miles from Shannon airport.
Day 2-3 Dingle-stayed in a B&B. Beautiful little seaside town.
Day 4-Kilkenny.
Day 5-6 Dublin.
Day 7 stayed with family outside Dublin.
Day 8 stayed with family in Galway.
Day 9-11 wedding in Galway(stayed in Galway city)
Day 12-13 Clifden (in Connemara) Loved it here!!

It was so much fun. We travelled with one other couple and rented a car. We met up with other friends for a wedding. Dh spent lots of time in Ireland growing up and has a lot of family there so was pretty familiar. But everyone was so friendly! And I was pleasantly surprised at how good the food was. I wasn't really a fan of Dublin. Too congested. I much preferred the smaller towns. It really was one of my favorite trips ever!

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Some highlights

Giants Causeway
Wicklow
Kilarney in Kerry
Bunratty Castle, Cliffs of Moher and the burren in Clare
Galway

There are so many things and places to see you won't go wrong

If you want to see Dublin I would fly into Shannon and tour around from there and fly home from Dublin.
Shannon is a much more pleasant airport and you get the feeling of the Irish Countryside

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we went to Ireland last year and had an amazing time..we did an Aer Lingus package which included a rental car (def upgrade to the automatic unless you are comfortable driving stick), hotel in dublin, airfare, and vouches for b&bs. we got an excellent price

our favorites were Dingle and Kilkenny.. we also loved Connemara which was gorgeous

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We went in 2013 and also loved it! We rented a car which I didn't love, dh drove and i was white knuckled the whole time. Very scary roads, tiny roads with elderlies walking and biking, huge tour buses barreling down on you. If we go again we will certainly take a tour bus but we had such a huge itinerary we wanted to see everything and pretty much did.

Flew into Dublin on AerLingus. Immediately rented a car and drove over to Donegal. Next day drove to Giants Causeway and also walked over the Carrick a rede bridge.

Drove counterclockwise all the way back to Dublin, did the ring of kerry, doolin, Killarney, Cork, Sligo, Ardmore, Glendalough and then Dublin.

If you are into historic/ancient sites, recommend Ardmore (St. Declan's) and Glendalough (St. Kevin's Monastery)and Kenmare (ancient ring of stones from the Bronze age). Glendalough is absolutely like a magic place, indescribable.

I also stalked Bono's house but ended up on a dead end in someone's yard.