Ireland Travel Tour 346

1. Arrival in Dublin. || 53.342727550672954, -6.2608514848559595

Dublin, capital of the Republic of Ireland, is on Ireland’s east coast at the mouth of the River Liffey. Its historic buildings include Dublin Castle, dating to the 13th century, and imposing St Patrick’s Cathedral, founded in 1191. City parks include landscaped St Stephen’s Green and huge Phoenix Park, containing Dublin Zoo. The National Museum of Ireland explores Irish heritage and culture.

2. Pick up rental car

3. Hotel check in

4. 4 Hour 1/2 Day Walking Tour of Dublin 

This tour includes a local certified guide and will be private.

5. St Patrick's Cathedral. || 40.75873357233968, -73.97617921013759 

Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1191 as a Roman Catholic cathedral, is currently the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland cathedral in Dublin, is designated as the local cathedral of the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough

6. Trinity College Dublin. || 53.343857524693334, -6.254544780598459 

Trinity College, officially The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland.

7. Dublin Castle. || 53.342994963636386, -6.26742303827005

Dublin Castle is a major Irish government complex, conference centre, and tourist attraction. It is located off Dame Street in central Dublin. It is a former motte-and-bailey castle and was chosen for its position at the highest point of central Dublin.

8. Ha'penny Bridge. || 53.34643714998277, -6.263076080598304 

The Ha'penny Bridge, known later for a time as the Penny Ha'penny Bridge, and officially the Liffey Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge built in May 1816 over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. Made of cast iron, the bridge was cast in Shropshire, England

9. Night in Dublin

1. Breakfast at hotel. || 53.350925681371606, -6.264284723205998

2. Trim Castle. || 53.554529890573576, -6.789798509421263

Trim Castle is a castle on the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, with an area of 30,000 m². Over a period of 30 years, it was built by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter as the caput of the Lordship of Meath.

3. Kilbeggan Distillery. || 53.36964460385933, -7.502817697790143 

Kilbeggan Distillery is an Irish whiskey distillery situated on the River Brosna in Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is owned by Suntory Global Spirits, an subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan.

4. Clonmacnoise. || 53.32621359858017, -7.986507880599553 

Clonmacnoise is a ruined monastery situated in County Offaly in Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone, founded in 544 by Saint Ciarán, a young man from Rathcroghan, County Roscommon. Until the 9th century it had close associations with the kings of Connacht.

5. Galway. || 53.273944478052684, -9.052533571857152 

Galway, a harbour city on Ireland’s west coast, sits where the River Corrib meets the Atlantic Ocean. The city’s hub is 18th-century Eyre Square, a popular meeting spot surrounded by shops and traditional pubs that often offer live Irish folk music. Nearby, stone-clad cafes, boutiques and art galleries line the winding lanes of the Latin Quarter, which retains portions of the medieval city walls.

6. Free time

7. Night in Galway

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Connemara. || 53.54033613479324, -9.88305024010816

Connemara is a district in western Ireland, facing the Atlantic. Its coastline has tiny coves, bays and fishing villages like Roundstone. Connemara National Park is a vast expanse of mountains, bogs, heathland and lakes. The park is also home to a herd of Connemara ponies. The area’s main town, Clifden, has several venues for traditional Irish music. Here, too, are the ruins of Gothic Revival–style Clifden Castle.

3. Killary Harbour. || 53.60899874321536, -9.767502371888455 

Killary Harbour or Killary Fjord is a fjord or fjard on the west coast of Ireland, in northern Connemara. To its north is County Mayo and the mountains of Mweelrea and Ben Gorm; to its south is County Galway and the Maumturk Mountains.

4. Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled Garden. || 53.56175387673093, -9.889328695928036 

Waterside, Gothic Benedictine nunnery with restored Victorian rooms and free garden tours.

5. Aran Islands. || 53.11706099939678, -9.680727984651083 

The Aran Islands are 3 rocky isles guarding the mouth of Galway Bay, in western Ireland. They’re known for their ancient sites. The largest island, Inishmore, is home to the prehistoric fort of Dún Aonghasa, perched on top of a high cliff. Nearby is the Worm Hole, a rectangular natural pool. The medieval ruins of the Seven Churches are in the northwest. Clochán na Carraige is a stone structure with a beehive roof.

6. Free time

7. Night in Galway

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Dunguaire Castle. || 53.14228968193697, -8.925962838282302 

Dunguaire Castle is a 16th-century tower house on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland, near Kinvara. The name derives from the dun of King Guaire, the legendary king of Connacht

3. The Burren. || 54.42363746561482, -9.240835492631552

The Burren is a region of County Clare in the southwest of Ireland. It’s a karst landscape of bedrock incorporating a vast cracked pavement of glacial-era limestone, with cliffs and caves, fossils, rock formations and archaeological sites. On the Atlantic coast, the precipitous Cliffs of Moher are home to thousands of seabirds, including puffins. Nearby Doolin village is a renowned centre for traditional Irish music.

4. Cliffs of Moher. || 52.97267159613448, -9.431268807096151 

The Cliffs of Moher are sea cliffs located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. They run for about 14 kilometres.

5. Bunratty Castle. || 52.700472598900014, -8.81224013830927 

Bunratty Castle is a large 15th-century tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the centre of Bunratty village, by the N18 road between Limerick and Ennis, near Shannon Town and its airport. The castle and the adjoining folk park are run by Shannon Heritage as tourist attractions.

6. Free time

7. Night in Killarney

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Ring of Kerry. || 51.83881800832627, -9.900896982540184 

The Ring of Kerry is a scenic drive around the Iveragh Peninsula in southwest Ireland’s County Kerry. Its 179km-long, circular route takes in rugged and verdant coastal landscapes and rural seaside villages. Skellig Michael, a rocky island with an abandoned 7th-century Christian monastery, is a major destination point, with several boats from Portmagee making the 12km crossing during the warmer months.

3. Kells Bay House. || 52.02292420322358, -10.099693896021812

4. Caherdaniel. || 51.770019321572846, -10.098800012864672 

Caherdaniel is a village and townland in County Kerry, Ireland, located on the Iveragh peninsula on the Ring of Kerry. It is on the southwestern side of the peninsula, facing onto Derrynane Bay, at a T-junction on the N70 road. Staigue fort, a stone ringfort, is nearby.

5. Staigue. || 51.80521158900908, -10.015623942063986 

Staigue or Staig is a ruined stone ringfort eighteen kilometers west of Sneem, on the Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The fort is thought to have been built during the late Iron Age, probably somewhere between 300 and 400 AD, as a defensive stronghold for a local lord or king.

6. Derrynane Bay. || 51.76179709804059, -10.145414778498054

Derrynane, officially Darrynane, is a small village in the civil parish of Kilcrohane in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located on the Iveragh peninsula, just off the N70 national primary road near Caherdaniel on the shores of Derrynane Bay.

7. Torc Waterfall. || 52.00232133686126, -9.506402253694583 

Torc Waterfall is a 20 metres high, 110 metres long cascade waterfall formed by the Owengarriff River as it drains from the Devil's Punchbowl corrie lake at Mangerton Mountain. The waterfall, which lies at the base of Torc Mountain, in the Killarney National Park, is 4.3 miles from Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.

8. Free time

9. Night in Killarney

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Blarney Castle. || 51.929158329752056, -8.570911524863249

Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, near Cork, Ireland. Though earlier fortifications were built on the same spot, the current keep was built by the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty, a cadet branch of the Kings of Desmond, and dates from 1446. The Blarney Stone is among the machicolations of the castle.

3. Rock of Cashel. || 52.520206838238074, -7.89045756715599

The Rock of Cashel, also known as Cashel of the Kings and St. Patrick's Rock, is a historical site located at Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland.

4. Transfer back to Dublin. || 53.34764661826202, -6.278017632969949

5. Free time

6. Night in Dublin

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Transfer to airport and rental car return. || 53.425798188555206, -6.257370138264951

3. Flight back to USA