Ireland for the first time

[Keitht]

Originally Posted by dougp26364

Having been to Ireland for 7 nights I have to agree, it's not advisable to even attempt to see all of Ireland in 7 days.

Call yourself an American and admit you can't see the whole of Ireland in 7 days????? I thought 7 days was enough for the whole of Europe, with a bit of Asia in the spare days

[dougp26364]

Originally Posted by Keitht

Call yourself an American and admit you can't see the whole of Ireland in 7 days????? I thought 7 days was enough for the whole of Europe, with a bit of Asia in the spare days

What can I say? Maybe I'm just one of those lazy Americans.

I did enjoy the faces on the hotel staff when we told them we were driving over to see the Cliff's of Moher from Newtonmountkennedy as a day trip. They thought we were insane but, that distance isn't all that much worse than some drives we have to take in Kansas for various events. We saw the Cliffs and a few tidbits inbetween but, there was a lot of "drive by" tourism going on that day when I'd have rather just parked the car and spent a few days.

[falmouth3]

About 30 years ago, the ex and I took 4 months to drive/camp around the US. We saw an awful lot of the country, but realized how much more we were missing. There is never enough time to see and do everything you'd like to do. Especially with 2 or 3 weeks of vacation per year.

Sue

[Ireland's Call]

A great deal ...Ireland Vacations or aerlingus.com.

For $600 you can fly from NY or Boston to Shannon/Dublin on a 3 city package inc 6 day car hire and 6 night accommodation in Dublin/ Limerick/ Mayo.
A little more expensive from Washington or Chicago.

G

[ArtsieAng]

WOW...That is a good deal! Thanks G!

Originally Posted by Ireland's Call

A great deal ...Ireland Vacations or aerlingus.com.

For $600 you can fly from NY or Boston to Shannon/Dublin on a 3 city package inc 6 day car hire and 6 night accommodation in Dublin/ Limerick/ Mayo.
A little more expensive from Washington or Chicago.

G

[Pstreet1]

Definitely check out Trip Advisor's Ireland page. There are lots of questions there about various itenerarys and lots of good answers. Lots of information on B&B's also, and restaurants, and various sights, and......just lots of information.

[SallyHoover]

Pat, I read your review - Less then acceptable condition of unit from 2007. I reserved an RCI exchange for 2011 week 24 in Connemara Country Cottages. If the heating had been working do you think you would have stayed? We would have 6 to 8 people including me and my 2 children (5 and 10) and brother with his daughter (14) (3 generations from 92-5 years old) and plan on renting 2 cars- one for the early risers and one for the late risers; thank goodness for long days because it takes my grandmother a while (11am) to get going. If she is unable to travel with us we might revise the plans. I'm 37 and haven't been to Ireland since my grandmother took my brother and me when I was 9 and he was 11. At that time we rented a car and stayed in farmhouse B&B's for 2 weeks.

We were thinking about staying a second week (June 18-25) in B&B's or maybe a walking tour for those between 14-45. I would like to stay longer but can't get off work (or affore) more than 2 weeks.

Anyone with experience at Connemarra Country Cottages or Ireland in general,please share your thoughts. For this trip we are primarily interested in the West of Ireland and would probably be skipping Dublin.

Thank you.

Tracey