Southern Ireland Travel?
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- mg33
My fiance and I will be going to Ireland in May for about 10 days. Can't f'ing wait, been a while since we took a long vacation out of the US. We're staying in Dublin the first and last night, and will have a car the entire time. In between Dublin we are staying in the town of Adare, at a villa near Adare Castle.
Anyhow, we leave on May 27th so I'm starting to do more research of things to do. Anyone here taken a trip to Ireland (or live there) and have any good suggestions on not-to-miss destinations? We're planning on driving the hell out of that car, and want to make sure we see the west and southern coasts.
Thanks!
- bulletfactory0
Cliffs of Moher
Town of Doolin - McDermott's pub has traditional Irish music some evenings
Aran Island (rent bicycles and bike around the largest Island)
Muckrock House and Torc waterfall
Blarney Castleetc, etc, etc.
Other than that, we simply drove around and found amazing things at every turn.
- That's what I'm hoping for. :) I'd be happy if we just got lost and found some random hotel for a night.mg33
- Centigrade0
Don't miss the Guinness tour. Best view in Dublin from the bar. I'm from there. Feel free to ask away.
- Centigrade0
Go surfing on the Atlantic too if thats your thing. Apparently some of the best waves in Europe.
- Centigrade0
Stay here: Amazing - restaurant and accommodation. And on the Aran Islands.
Inis Meain (pronounced In-ish man)
http://www.inismeain.com/en/rest…- Looks awesome. I've got British Sea Power's soundtrack album to the movie "Man From Aran."mg33
- mg330
We're staying at Adare Castle, but in one of the villas/townhomes they have there. Looks like some fun stuff at that place - flyflshing, archery, horseback riding, hiking (I'm definitely looking forward to getting some jogging in there), mountain biking. We could stay there the whole time pretty much!
We did get an automatic transmission car with a GPS. I can't imagine driving a stick over there, on the wrong side of the car.
- If you are driving in the west the roads are tiny! It'll be fun.Centigrade
- microkorg0
- never believed in leprechauns until i saw them in the flesh heremicrokorg
- awesome. this is great.mg33
- havent really been there :P
by the sounds of it they don't have any real ones there :(microkorg - .. they just feed you fables.microkorg
- We discovered it by accident while walking pub to pub with a bunch of QBN'rs here last year, hilarious it existsraf
- Centigrade0
OH Newgrange is pretty cool. Older than the pyramids! And if you organise ahead of time you get get tickets to go inside.
- mg330
Almost on our way! Will be in Dublin on Saturday morning and getting our drinking shoes ready for a night out with Rafalski in Dublin!
- nice. raf's a great guy for never meeting him. im sure you guys will have a blast. steal his new watch for me.********
- nice. raf's a great guy for never meeting him. im sure you guys will have a blast. steal his new watch for me.
- Centigrade0
Try score some Slane tickets. who cares if you like the bands. One day you won't forget in one of the best venues on the planet.
- Just checked on ticketmaster.ie and tics are still available.Centigrade
- Also, http://www.soul.ie this weekendraf
- lowimpakt0
if you are anyway into museums etc check out the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin.
It's small and is only (mainly religious) books but I really like it - http://www.cbl.ie/
in terms of out west, a drive around the burren, doolin, ballyvaghan can be good depending in the weather
- The Natural History Museum is a MUST. It's a museum of Museums.Centigrade
- Hasn't changed since the victorian period. And it's free and right downtown.Centigrade
- But the Chester Beatty is amazing too.Centigrade
- Also Frida Kahlo in the Irish Museum of Modern Artraf
- lowimpakt0
here's the start of your soundtrack.. (although not all strictly 'southern')
- lowimpakt0
in dublin, hugh lane gallery
pubs = long hall, dawson lounge, lord edward, peters pub.
you may get a trad music session upstairs in devitts at weekend.
- ********0
Mind the fucking GRASS
- Sneakybadger20
Cliffs of Moher
- toe_knee0
Powerscourt in Wicklow is awesome. Just outside dublin. you wont regret going there if its a nice day
- mg330
Arrived!
- Luda0
I can only help if you're up North. You only staying south of the border?