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Real Name: Lenore
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Lenore, Sommer, and the great sheepie adventure!

by lenoreva - last update: Oct 1, 2003

Our Plan

Clouds over Connemara
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.
Sheepie in the mist

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"

lenoreva's Ireland Travelogues
Title [Click to view]Travel YearPictures
Mizen HeadSeptember, 2003 4
The BurrenSeptember, 2003 5
ConnemaraSeptember, 2003 3
Dingle PeninsulaSeptember, 2003 6

Comments for lenoreva about Ireland
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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