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Ireland Road Trip: Where to Stop on a 8-day Adventure Through Southern Ireland 🍀

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Ireland is a beautiful country with lots to see! We did an 8-day trip with a few stops Dublin -> Cork -> Dingle -> Doolin (Cliffs of Moher) -> Back to Dublin. Below are our favorite things we had done in each place. Make sure you make car reservation in advance and request an automatic car if you aren't used to driving manual! Roads are narrow and consider how much daylight you will have w...
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Dublin

This is where we started and ended our trip! 

 
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This was our favorite thing on the entire trip! More story telling then actually walk around a read museum. Great introduction to Irish Whiskey and doing the blending class was great hands on experience
Irish Whiskey Museum: Whiskey Blending Experience
 
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Very expansive and lots of cool history. Beautiful top floor with great views of the city
Guinness Storehouse Experience
 
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Library was very cool and iconic, nice vibes walking around the campus
Book of Kells Experience | Trinity College Dublin | Official Site
 
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Growing up, my church at home was St. Patricks so I wanted to see one here.
Saint Patrick's Cathedral Dublin, Ireland
 
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Very cool and iconic distillery
Dublin Jameson Distillery Tour with Whiskey Tastings & Cocktail
 
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A revived distillery. Interesting to compare with Jameson
Skip the Line: Teeling Whiskey Distillery Tour and Tasting in Dublin Ticket
 
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Great traditional pub!
The Hairy Lemon

Drive From Cork -> Dingle

We spent an afternoon in Cork and then continued onto Dingle in the morning with stop at these places

 
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Go early and skip the lines! Best thing to see all the sites on a busy trip
Easy Access Blarney Stone and Castle Gardens Tour
 
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We did the Torc Mountain Hike and it was stunning. Wide variety of scenery and once we made it to the top of the mountain, we were so lucky the clouds parted for truly stunning views. We wish we would have spent more time in the area to do more hikes
Killarney National Park

Dingle

This was our favorite spot on the trip. The atmosphere of the main streets was amazing. So many pubs had people breaking out in music and dance. There was more hikes that we had planned to do when here, but it rained a lot; spent more time just explo...

 
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We had never kayaked in the ocean before! They provided really nice wetsuits. Previously there was a dolphin named Fungie who lived in the bay for many years and he always came out for tours. I think I saw he died a couple years ago though.
Sea Kayaking
 
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Beautiful scenery when driving. Cool stops to park along the way to pet goats, explore fairy forts, and prehistoric sites
Slea Head Dr
 
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Such good food and drink and good atmosphere!
Dingle Tasting Tour
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Doolin

 
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Our favorite pub experience. Great food, live music
Gus O'Connor's Pub
 
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Stunning. We had planned for more hiking here, but when we went the winds were super intense and it was raining a decent amount. Had small window were we were able to do a small portion of the hike
Cliffs of Moher
 
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Great spot to stay near the cliffs!
Home in Doolin · ★4.93 · 1 bedroom · 1 bed · 1 private bath
 
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We got to stay in this castle! Super cool property and it was fun to explore.
Claregalway Castle, Claregalway, Ireland