We’re leaving before St Patrick’s Day. Yes I understand that the weather is probably gonna be bad but thems the breaks.
Friends recommended renting a car and we’ve been saving eating and sightseeing places that look good but would like to get some recommendations from others.
Thank you kindly
My favorite memory of Ireland was this tiny beachside town called Bundoran in county Donegal. It's a surfing town and just beautiful scenery. Some interesting coastal erosion at the beach but I think I just enjoyed sitting and watching the waves. Also recommend the hike up Slieve League in Donegal. Intense (lots of elevation gain) but very impressive.
Also spent a night in Waterville, in the southwest corner of Kerry. Very cute beachside town and most tourists to Kerry just do day trips from Dublin so it's quieter in the evening than you might expect from the daytime traffic. Muckross Abbey is a gorgeous stop on the way to Kerry from Dublin. Just get a nice view from the lakeshore, imo. I didn't pay for the tour or anything.
In all I enjoyed the rest of the country far more than Dublin. Galway is great, and I think you can get to Galway by train from Dublin.
Galway is definitely part of our plan. I did see that there were trains but a couple of friends recommended a car. I don’t really like the idea of it but we’re going to be moving around a lot so it might make more sense
Yeah. You could rent the car in Galway instead of Dublin, since it's a pain to have a car in Dublin. I'd at least go car free until you leave Dublin. It's not a huge city so you can walk to most of the bits tourists would be interested in.
Lmao never thought I'd see Bundoran on hexbear
OP if you got to Donegal there's also Mount Errigal which is a fantastic hike in a nearly alien landscape
Yeah we just took a quick stop initially to see the sea arches, but it was so nice we ended up spending a lot longer than we expected there. Lovely beach. I think maybe we just lucked out on the weather that day, too.