| Page Views: 1,829 Last Visit to Ireland: September, 2003 | Lenore, Sommer, and the great sheepie adventure! by lenoreva - last update: Oct 1, 2003 |
Sommer is my best friend from HS days and somehow, we'd never been on a travel adventure together. So we decided to rectify the situation by going to Ireland. We had one week, a rental car, 3 travel guides (Lonely Planet, the Eyewitness guide, and a driving tour book), a map given to us by Avis, and a lot of ground to cover.
Our main interest was to see nature - so we knew we wanted to to head to the south west coast and skip most of the cities. |
|  | This was our actual trip: Day 1
Arrive Dublin
Get caught in traffic jam in Kildare on the N8.
Tour of Rock of Cashel.
Stay in Cahir
Day 2
Tour Blarney Castle (tourist trap, but Sommer wanted to go). Shop in Blarney Woolen Mills. Stay in Skull. Ate awesome seafood chowder!
Day 3
Tour Mizen Head and Glengariff.
Drive through Moll's gap and Killarny National Forest.
Stay in Kilorglin.
Day 4
Tour Dingle Peninsula including Inch beach, Slea Head, and the Blasket Island Center in Dunquin. Eat Lunch in Dingle. Stay in Kilrush at a really nice B+B called Dolphins Pass.
Day 5
Tour Cliffs of Moher, Ailwee Caves, and the Burren.
Stay in Galway where we went shopping in the old town.
Day 6
Tour Connemera including the Lough I. valley, the Roundstone bog, and the Sky Road in Clifden. Stay in Athlone.
Day 7
Tour and hike in Glendalough and Wicklow National Park.
Drive through Dublin.
Stay in Swords (near airport)
Day 8
Get up at 4:45 am and drive to airport. |
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| Pros: | "nature, cultural sites, animals" | | Cons: | "narrow winding roads through the mist" | | In A Nutshell: | "Greener and more beautiful than you thought possible" |
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ladyanne Mon Jun 6, 2005 23:14 UTC
Wow...you covered too much territory in Ireland for a week. Also, you should have flown into Shannon. More central. Loved your pages. | illudiumqh36 Fri Feb 4, 2005 12:08 UTC
I can't believe, we almost took the same pictures in Dingle peninsula :) Greate pictures page, thanks | cantab79 Tue Oct 19, 2004 12:28 UTC
Beautiful pictures - but surely you cannot step into the same river ONCE..... | and_juana Thu Aug 5, 2004 13:30 UTC
Wonderful pics!! I teally enjoy surfing thru...:) |
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