In May 2022 eleven geezrs, flew to Ireland, picked up three rental cars, and in ten days covered over 1,400 miles, had one blown tire, toured at least five castles, four museums, two hop-on, hop-off buses and tons of laughs!
A few of the things we learned: Ireland is VERY green. The people are friendly beyond belief. The roads are narrow, the hedges and/or stone walls are VERY close to the edges of the pavement. It rains: sometimes all day, sometime with no warning for a few minutes and then the sun comes out. Everywhere is farther than you think! The Irish are a proud people who have been pushed around for thousands of years by Vikings, Scots, Normans, the Pope, and the English. They claim that 23 US presidents have Irish heritage.
To get an overall view of the area we covered, scroll to the map at the bottom of this page and click on any number to view the photos from that day.
Welcome! Join us for a day-by-day review of the sights we saw. Enjoy!
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Day 1 – Land in Dublin, arrive at Oscars by the Sea air B&B
DAY 3 – Belfast – Titantic Museum, Arrive at Inch House, Inch cemetery
DAY 4 – Kensale boat tour & lunch at Fishy Fishy
DAY 5 – Group 1: Cliffs of Mohr and Galway Group 2: Cashir Castle – Fresh Market
DAY 6 – Rock of Cashel, lunch at Chez Hans
DAY 7 – Killarney National Park, Muckross House, and Ring of Dingle
DAY 8 – Kilkenny and tour Kilkenny Castle
DAY 9 – Drive to Dublin, Hop on-Hop Off Bigbus
Day 10 – Book of Kells, Emigration Museum
