Trip to Ireland

[jrp5776]

We plan to visit Ireland in October 2005. Can you make any suggestions to make our trip a pleasant one?

[sassbox]

no I haven't been to those parts of Ireland. When I visited, we started in Shannon, went to Galway with a stop at the Cliffs of Moher, then went to Dublin, then down to Cork, and finally Killarney. I really liked the area around Galway and if I ever go back to Ireland I would spend more time there and go further north to Donegal. I don't know much about the main attractions in Northern Ireland - what is good to see there and how's the security situation these days?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

We plan to visit Ireland in October 2005. Can you make any suggestions to make our trip a pleasant one?

Don't leave it to October - it's one of our coldest months, come now! We're having one of the best summers in years.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

no I haven't been to those parts of Ireland. When I visited, we started in Shannon, went to Galway with a stop at the Cliffs of Moher, then went to Dublin, then down to Cork, and finally Killarney. I really liked the area around Galway and if I ever go back to Ireland I would spend more time there and go further north to Donegal. I don't know much about the main attractions in Northern Ireland - what is good to see there and how's the security situation these days?

Be sure to visit Mayo and Sligo - neither are very touristy.

[Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness]

I may come knocking on your door, Irish_Thatcherite.

I'm there mid-September, destined for a couple days in Galway, then end of September for a few around Dublin.

In between, is a trip to Islay to see if I can sample all 8 whisky distilleries there in two days.

I may have to carry my liver back by hand....

[Irish_Thatcherite]

In between, is a trip to Islay to see if I can sample all 8 whisky distilleries there in two days.

I may have to carry my liver back by hand....

LOL!!

[wtc911]

I also especially liked Donegal, it's very wild, and the resort towns there Bundoran and some others.

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My family tree is rooted in Bundoran.

[jrp5776]

I don't know what you mean about a lurker. My husband frequents this site and suggested I post the question. We plan to fly into Dublin and go to bed a breakfasts, drive ourselves to various towns and enjoy the people and sights.

[jrp5776]

We're already committed to late October. Would like to know what type of clothing to bring since we've heard it gets cold.

[investigateworld]

I always take a couple of cartons of American Cig's. I would leave a pack in a hotel room or B&B with a note thanking the housekeeper for any favors.
Do hit the local pubs and you'll come home with sore ribs from laughing too much. If your a smoker, when you take out a pack to light up, offer the persons nearest you a cig too.
Don't be afraid to go into the north, everyone 'behaves' when there's Yanks around!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Bring a good coat - we get very icy breezes that time of year.

Are you sure can't come a bit earlier - we often have an 'Indian Summer' in September.

Isn't that strange - an Irishman talking about the weather!

[Cultural Jihad]

The stores have signs saying "Beware of Pickpockets" for a reason.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

DO NOT kiss the Blarney stone. A friend from college (Irish boy from that area) told me it is somewhat of a local custom to get drunk and go late at night and piss on the sacred stone, then laugh at the thought of tourists kissing it.

Kissing the Blarney is only a load of crap anyway!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Also, it may appear at first that there are a lot of caravan park in this country - but they are actually tinker camps!

[La Enchiladita]

My family tree is rooted in Bundoran.

The land is wild and so are the people. Some Irish friends from Dun Laoghaire took me there; we stayed after hours in the pub for some of the best music I ever heard in my life!

[La Enchiladita]

The blarney stone is the nastiest, filthiest rock I've ever seen in my life. Then you have to risk your neck and your life to kiss it! No way for me. It is a lovely view from on top the castle though...

[La Enchiladita]

Sligo is lovely although I did not experience a lot of -- ahem! -- hospitality.

[wtc911]

The land is wild and so are the people. Some Irish friends from Dun Laoghaire took me there; we stayed after hours in the pub for some of the best music I ever heard in my life!

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My wife would agree with the wild part...she keeps expecting me to grow out of it. And, my great grandfather, who was the one who came over, was a fiddler of some reputation. Must be the water.

[wtc911]

I'm posting this on the forum rather than sending you a mail message in the hope that others will see it....

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[Irish_Thatcherite]

The land is wild and so are the people. Some Irish friends from Dun Laoghaire took me there;

There are wild people in Dun Laoghaire?

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

My great-grandmother-on my father's side-hailed from Galway originally.