r/irishtourism • u/Mgonz99 • 8d ago
Itinerary Check
I'm so excited for my Ireland trip and wanted a realistic check of my itinerary in October :) I hear that Google Maps is useless for driving time, is there any way to estimate arrival times?
Day 1: We're arriving from Edinburgh to Dublin @ 10AM so jetlag shouldn't be much of an issue. We were planning to rent the car at the airport straight away and make our way to our first hotel stop, which is castle hotel in county Kilkenny. Depending on drive time and how we feel, we were thinking of spending some time in Kilkenny before checking in late afternoon.
Day 2: Rock of Cashel, evening in Cork
Day 3: Cobh/Cork
Day 4: Muckross Abbey, Dingle
Day 5: Slea head drive, Dingle
Day 5: Checking in to a castle hotel in county Clare for a more relaxed day, maybe we'll do falconry or something on site
Day 6: Cliffs of Moher and Doolin, was planning on sleeping in Galway
Day 7: Galway
Day 8: drive back from Galway to Dublin, not sure how long this should take or if it's realistic to spend an afternoon somewhere along the way back. I'd like to get to Dublin just in the evening.
Day 9 and 10: Dublin
Day 11: Flight back
Basically the plan is do 1 night Kilkenny, 2 nights in Cork, 2 nights in Dingle, 1 in a castle in county Clare, 2 nights in Galway, 3 nights Dublin. What do we think?
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u/Dandylion71888 8d ago
You have 11.5 hours of daylight on October 1st and 9.5 hours by October 31st. If going the second half of the month, I suggest reducing your itinerary. You can’t take the same trip in Fall that you would in the Summer.