ErinK75
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Hi there! (New here)
We are going to Ireland with our two kids, who are 7 and 11, in mid-October. None of us have ever been to Ireland. We're flying in/out Dublin and plan to spend one night there before heading into the countryside. We are renting a car. We've thought about Kilkenny, Killarney, Cork/Cobh, Cliffs of Mohr, Limerick, and maybe Galway. But we don't want to do one night stays in cities. I'd rather find a kind-of-central location near a town to base from for 2-3 nights, doing day trips from there...
So, any suggestions given the above on where we might look at staying? We're prone to "towns" where we can walk to dinner.
We've seen info online that there are only 5-6 hours of daylight--is this true?
Any of the above that it doesn't make sense/not worth visiting? (I've heard for instance by some that Limerick isn't worth stopping in...)
Any tips/advice/guidance would be MUCH APPRECIATED! We've just bought both the DK and Rick Steves' Ireland books to help out...but I find first-hand guidance on forums like this are so beneficial. (We used SlowTrav for our family trip to Italy last year.)
THANKS!
We are going to Ireland with our two kids, who are 7 and 11, in mid-October. None of us have ever been to Ireland. We're flying in/out Dublin and plan to spend one night there before heading into the countryside. We are renting a car. We've thought about Kilkenny, Killarney, Cork/Cobh, Cliffs of Mohr, Limerick, and maybe Galway. But we don't want to do one night stays in cities. I'd rather find a kind-of-central location near a town to base from for 2-3 nights, doing day trips from there...
So, any suggestions given the above on where we might look at staying? We're prone to "towns" where we can walk to dinner.
We've seen info online that there are only 5-6 hours of daylight--is this true?
Any of the above that it doesn't make sense/not worth visiting? (I've heard for instance by some that Limerick isn't worth stopping in...)
Any tips/advice/guidance would be MUCH APPRECIATED! We've just bought both the DK and Rick Steves' Ireland books to help out...but I find first-hand guidance on forums like this are so beneficial. (We used SlowTrav for our family trip to Italy last year.)
THANKS!