Ireland Rural Road Trip

Let The Journey Begin . . .

Meeting Our Driver, Ciaran

Ciaran clicked right along with our family as well as became part of our family along the journey. There was some joke telling going on, mostly bad, throughout the journey too. I wish I had a tape recorder along! Ciaran is a wealth of information and knew the ‘hot spots’ of where to eat. Thanks to him we never really got into a sea of people while hitting the hot tourist spots! He really got to know us in order to set the day in what we really wanted to see and do each day. We could not have covered the ground we did on this journey without the help of Ciaran!

Day 1 – Dublin to Cork

Dublin to Naas to Kildare (looking for Pluckerstown) to Tipperary to Cashel to the Rock of Cashel to Cork.

Dublin

Looking for Pluckerstown . . .

Tipperary & Cashel This Way . . .

Rock of Cashel

Cork

Day 2

A day trip from Cork to Blarney Castle to Kinsale to Charles Fort to Cobh.

Blarney Castle

Kinsale

Charles Fort

Cobh

Day 3 – Cork to Killarney

Cork to Ballylicky to Glengarriff to Garinish Island to Kenmare to Ring of Kerry to Killarney.

Glengarriff

Garinish Island

Kenmare

Killarney

County Kerry

The Ring of Kerry

Day 4

A day trip from Killarney to Dingle.

The Atlantic Ocean

On the Way to Dingle

Dingle

Day 5 – Killarney to Clifden

Killarney to Cliffs of Moher to The Burren to Galway to Clifden.

Cliffs of Moher

The Burren

A Galway Hooker

Clifden

Day 6

A day trip from Clifden on Sky Road to Roundstone and Kylemore Abbey.

Sky Road

Roundstone

Kylemore Abbey

Day 7 – Clifden to Dublin

Clifden to Westport to Crossmolina and back to Dublin.

County Mayo

Crossmolina

Bengeary

Spotted On the Way Back to Dublin (Photos by RSheridan)