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
This is great. Thank you.
I understand about the car and I’m already dreading parking. We would only be using it to leave Dublin do a partial lap of the island then drop it off when we get back to Dublin since we won’t need it there
I promise you you'll have a better and cheaper time if you travel the island via train. Irish Rail pales in comparison to mainland Europe but it in turn absolutely obliterates US rail. You'll think you're in heaven. I see elsewhere you mentioned Galway. The Dublin-Galway train is super nice and drops you off right in Galway's city center. We took it and loved it, then took a group bus up to Cliffs of Moher (no guided tour, just a bus). The drive up there is fucking stressful and I wouldn't want to do it myself. Ultimately you gotta do you, but our trip (also 8 days, in November so also crappy weather) was massively improved by never, ever needing to drive. And we saved like $1000. That train ride both ways for 2 people was only 65 euro.
I can imagine that narrow roads and right hand driving plus bad weather will make it miserable. I saw that the train is only 20 minutes slower than driving from Dublin to Galway too. If we can take relatively quick / low effort public transport then we’ll go with that.
As we finalize plans, we’ll see what need a car would actually fill where a bus, train or cab wouldn’t. My main concern is the ability to just stop at a random place, off the beaten path for sights and food. Parking is usually the worst aspect of driving in other countries.
Thank you for all of your tips! I’m glad I posted this question here. :stalin-approval: