Kim, you have probably already gone on your walking tour, but if anyone is looking for a great company for inn to inn hiking in Ireland, I can highly recommend
Hillwalk Tours. They're based in Ireland, and we did their
Dingle Way hike in June. They were wonderful to work with, the places we stayed were all solid with everything we needed, and the information they provided for each day's walk was clear.
We've just booked two more with them for next summer--back-to-back hikes, starting with a 5 day
Wicklow Way hike and then heading over to the Beara Peninsula for a 7 day
Sheep's Head Way hike.
We do like staying in one place and doing walks from around that place, but we've started taking longer trips, so we get to have the best of both. We loved not having a car and having to really slow down to see that part of Ireland. Part of it was on roads (very few cars--always tiny roads), but even that allowed for us to really see the country in a way that driving or staying only on walking paths wouldn't.
Being pretty independent minded, we thought about managing the trip on our own, particularly the
Wicklow Way, which you can book yourself from stop to stop with the help of the site and which has luggage carrying service available. However, we worried about B and B's cancelling on us if they get a better deal from a tour operator (or cancelling for any other reason), and with accommodation scarce on the trails, we decided we didn't mind having Hillwalk Tours handle it. So, if anyone's interested in hiking in Ireland, Hillwalk has lots to offer! (And no, I don't have any affiliation with them, but I do tend to feel loyalty to a company who has earned my trust.
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