My dad (76 years old but in pretty good shape for his age) and I (37 year old woman) are planning another trip to Ireland in March and would love any insight or feedback on itinerary and St. Patrick’s Day plans. We both enjoy history, cultural heritage, and a pint or 2! We‘re renting a car and ideally would like to stay in a place for at least 2 nights at a time, but can do day trips from each base location.
Additional context: went to Ireland last March as well and spent time in Dublin and Galway with stops at Kilkenny Castle, Rock of Cashel, Blarney Castle, and Aran Islands).
While we enjoyed our last trip, our goal is to slow the pace down a bit and enjoy things vs. go from one thing to the next to check off boxes.
Day 1: Land in Shannon and rent a car and drive to Dingle
Day 2: Dingle Penninsula
Day 3: St. Patrick’s Day—do we stay in Dingle or go to a larger city? Neither of us are heavy drinkers but enjoy a pint or 2. We’d like to see/experience some sort of celebration, but trying to find something that is a happy medium between city-wide celebration and basically nothing.
Day 4: This is where we need help. Cork? Cobh? Kinsale? Waterford? Other?
Day 5: ideally same home base as day 4 but open to a day trip.
Day 6: drive to Dublin and return car
Day 7: Dublin or day trip
Day 8: Dublin or day trip
Day 9: return home
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
For this year? Is your accomodation booked?
Yes, this year. Accommodation booked for Dingle and Dublin but both are flexible.
They really aren't...so wherever you're booked into now for Paddy's Day is where you need to be
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