Planning a Trip to Ireland: What to See?

As I stated in my last post,  now that we got the flight arranged, it's time to decide where we want to go.   We are going to be here for 8 days and we are flying into Dublin.  You could easily burn 8 days in Dublin alone, there is so much to see, but we want to see a bit more of Ireland than just this city.

Probably one of the best tools out there is www.tripadvisor.com .  Here you can look at what are the favorite sites, then decide where you want to go and what you want to see based on your interest.  So I did a search of Ireland, the number of things to do or see can seem a little overwhelming, so it's best to take your time read the reviews and make a decision.  If you're unable to decide then you can look at suggested itineraries, but that's no fun.

After a couple days of thinking it over, we decided to stay in 3 locations with 2 nights in each location.  The winners are Dublin for the first 2 nights to see the Book of Kells, the Epic Immigration Museum, and several other things. From Dublin, we take a train to Galway to see the Cliffs of Moher and the Aran Islands which will be on an 11-hour tour.  From Galway will take a bus to Cork,  on the way we will stop in Limerick to tour the King James Castle.  Once in Cork, we take the Ring of Kerry Full-Day Guided Tour.

 After Cork, we will take the train back to Dublin for our flight back to the states the next day.  We will sleep well on the flight home I promise you.  In my next post, I will talk about travel details and the art of using public transportation.  I can smell the Irish coffee now, can't you?