Considering a short break/week in Ireland

Cool_Username

Hi everyone, I'm considering taking the wife and daughter to Ireland for a few days by car - I live in South Wales so I'd set out early and drive to Fishguard and jump on a ferry.

Never been to Ireland so I don't even know where to start! Looking for some advice off everyone!

MrsE_2

Cool_Username wrote: »

Hi everyone, I'm considering taking the wife and daughter to Ireland for a few days by car - I live in South Wales so I'd set out early and drive to Fishguard and jump on a ferry.

Never been to Ireland so I don't even know where to start! Looking for some advice off everyone!

Glendalough (probably spelt wrong) in Wicklow is lovely.

You can drive up to Dublin

Or West to Cork/Kerry.

Or you could drive West along the coast & then go diagonally from Kerry to Dublin (go through Adare - really pretty) & then from Dublin down the coast to the ferry.

norangeduck

Ah do it! Ireland is lovley - I love it every time I go.

You could do the West coast around shannon - definatly hire a car and drive around the coast (you can surf!) (I got very cheap car hire using Martins Guide) it was a very traditional view of irish culture (or so i thought!) I loved all the traditional stone walls and I was even caught in sheep traffic!! Also managed to do a boat ride and see dolphins jumping right next to the boat - was excellent!

You could do Cork, again very nice, and has also got a bit of city life too, I enjoyed doing all the titanic related things - and it was quite easy to get around using public transport, i think the have the tourist busses here too

You could do Dublin, lots of tourist things to do, gaol, guinness factory, shopping! various bus tours - Iv been loads of times to dublin, enjoy it everytime, if your after more countrylife, traditional, try elsewhere though I enjoy all the live irish music, which is plentiful around.

Could do Belfast - again is good, you could take a day trip up to giants causeway which is a natural phenomenon and is amazing, Belfast also has its titanic links and is undergoing refurbishment around the quay in preparation for the 100th year anniversary, also good for shopping, and could get around easily with public transport

not all that comphrehensive, but just a little insight! hope it helps - where ever you go, you will enjoy!

Tarry

I also love Ireland too I went at the beginning of the year, took the ferry from Pembroke Dock and stayed in Dungervan in a little cottage there. I managed to visit Cork, Kilkenny, Kilnerary, Cobh, Dungervan itself off course, Waterford, New Ross, to name a few. It's a lovely place to visit and I would recommend it. I am going again later this year or beginning of next. So, I've done some of the South East of it, but defineltely not intensive.