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Thu, Sep 1, 2016    6:10 pm - 7:40 am 
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Tue, Sep 13, 2016  12:25 pm - 3:25 pm 
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Tue, Sep 13, 2016   5:10 pm - 6:21 pm 

Car rental

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Pickup:   Sun 04 Sep 2016, 11:00 hours
Drop off: Sat 10 Sep 2016, 11:00 hours

Full Size Automatic 4 Door   $407
  5 people 3 bags 2 suitcases
Luxury Full Size 4 Door      $729
  5 people 2 bags 3 suitcases
Minibus Automatic           $1051
  9 people 5 bags 2 suitcases

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Itenary

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Thur Sept  1   Depart  (UA152 6:10pm)
Fri  Sept  2   Arrive in Dublin (7:40am)
Sat  Sept  3   Full day in Dublin
Sun  Sept  4   Leave for Baltimore (3hrs)
     Sept  4 - 7   Baltimore
Wed  Sept  7   Leave for Doolin (4hrs)
           7 - 10  Doolin
Sat  Sept 10   Return to Dublin
Sun  Sept 10 - 13  
Tues Sept 13 - Return to Chicago (UA127 12:25pm)

Detailed Itenary

Thurs Sept 1, Departure (6:10pm)
Fri Sept 2, Arrive in Dublin (7:50 am)
Apartment in the Heart of Dublin

Shuttle from airport to Trinity college Left luggage in the tourist office

Kilmainham Gaol
3:00 Meet at Mulligans
7:30 Musical Pub Crawl Meet at Oliver St. John Gogarty’s (upstairs) at the corner of Fleet St. & Anglesea St., Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Sat Sept 3, Dublin
Apartment in the Heart of Dublin
Dublin Castle
Glasnevin cemetary
Brú na Bóinne
Walking Tour
4:45 Guinness Store House Tour
Temple bar area
Sun Sept 4, Drive to Baltimore (4.0 hrs)
Big House in the heart of Baltimore
Stop on the way:
  Rock of Cashel
  Cahir Castle
  Blarney Castle
  Cork
    lunch at Fishy fishy, shoping
  Charles fort
Near charles fort
FISHY FISHY RESTAURANT
tel: +353  21  4700415
Crowleys Quay, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland

Check in (3pm)
Mon Sept 5 (Baltimore)
Big House in the heart of Baltimore
9am Whale Watching
Kinsaile
Kayaking
Visit Cork
Golf
Tues Sept 6 (Baltimore)
Big House in the heart of Baltimore
Ring of Kerry (driving tour)
Ring of Beare (driving tour)
Dingle
Kayaking
Visit Cork
Golf
Wed Sept 7, Drive to Burren (4.0 hrs)
Secluded Burren Lodge Sleeps 10(+)
Limerick - stop for lunch
King John's Castle
Check out the cliffs of Moher
Dinner
Thur Sept 8 (Burren)
Secluded Burren Lodge Sleeps 10(+)
The Burren
1- Cliffs of Moher
2- Aran Islands
3- Visit Galway
Poulnabrone Dolmen
Meet for oysters - Moran's Oyster Cottage
Fri Sept 9 (Burren)
Secluded Burren Lodge Sleeps 10(+)
Cliffs of Moher
Aran Islands
The Burren
Visit Galway
Sat Sept 10, Drive to Dublin (3.5 hrs)
Chic Apartment Beside Dublin Castle
Sun Sept 11
Chic Apartment Beside Dublin Castle
Mon Sept 12
Chic Apartment Beside Dublin Castle
Tue Sept 13
Return to Chicago UA127 12:25pm

Places to Stay

Dublin

Apartment in the Heart of Dublin

Chic Apartment Beside Dublin Castle

Baltimore / Cork

Big House in the heart of Baltimore
  1. Kinsale cottage full of Irish charm
    3 nights = 588 CHF
    3 double rooms and a 4th room with bunk beds
    
  2. Comfortable Family Holiday Home

Burren

Secluded Burren Lodge Sleeps 10(+)
  1. Excellent 6 Bedroom Home in Doolin
    3 nights = $681
    6 bedroomed house/8 beds can accommodate 13 guest
    3 night minimum stay
    about a 15 min walk on a quiet country road to the pubs
    
  2. Modern & Stylish 4 Bedroomed House
    $187
    Four large bedrooms (all en suite), Three double and one triple
    
  3. Bayfield - 5 bed luxury farmhouse
  4. Most Photographed Street in Ireland The Finest Apartment in Galway

Travel times

Dublin - Cork        3.0 hrs
Dublin - Baltimore   4.0 hrs
Baltimore - Cork     1.5 hrs
Baltimore - Doolin   4.0 hrs
Baltimore - Dingle   3.0 hrs
Dingle - Doolin      3.5 hrs
Doolin - Galway      2.0 hrs
Doolin - Donagal     4.0 hrs
Donagal - Dublin     3.0 hrs
Doolin - Dublin      3.5 hrs

Things to Do

Dublin

Top 10 Dublin
Bru Na Boinne
Bulin Castle
Guinness Store House
Kilmainham Gaol
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Dublin Castle
Christ Church Cathedral
Old library (Trinity College)
Temple bar area
Grafton Street Area, Dublin
Glasnevin cemetary

Baltimore / Cork

Restaurants: Baltimore / Cork
* The Rock of Castle (on the way)
* Cahir Castle (on the way)
* Blarney Castle
Jameson experience (Cork)
The English Market (Cork)
Whale watching
Baltimore Sea Safari / Whale Watch West Cork
West Cork
Carrigaholt, County Clare
Inishowen, County Donegal 
Skibbereen
Skibbereen Farmers Market
The Ring of Kerry

Beginning in the town of Killarney, the Ring of Kerry comprises three roads: the N70, the N71, and the R562, that together form a circuitous route through the Iveragh Peninsula.

Killarney National Park
The Ring of Beara
Dingle Peninsula
Golf
The Skibbereen & West Carbery Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-71 parkland course, just up the Skibbereen road. The course enjoys some magnificent views of the surrounding countryside. Golf equipment is available for hire, including buggies.

Doolin / Galway City

Excellent base for trips to the windswept Aran Islands and the remote, rugged Connemara region.
Shop Street (Galway)
The Aran Islands
Cliffs of Moher
The Burren
Sea Kayaking
Cliff walk
Costal walk
Doolin cave
Mountain biking
O'Connors Pub
Golfing
Doolin Pitch & Putt

Donagal

Giant's Causeway
Glendalough, Co. Wicklow

Trad Music

The small village of Doolin in County Clare is famed as the centre of Irish music.

Lonely Planet / Ireland / The Gaurdian / Galway


Pubs / Food

Savour an expertly drawn pint at John Kavanagh ('the Gravediggers') or Mulligan's in Dublin, Matt Molloy's in Westport, County Mayo, or Tigh Neachtain in Galway. Avoid touristy pubs where they commit the sacrilege of drawing a shamrock on the head of your beer.

Food to try:

Soda bread
Shellfish
Irish stew
Colcannon and champ
Boxty
Boiled bacon and cabbage
Irish salmon and smoked salmon
Black and white pudding
Coddle
Barmbrack
Shepherds pie
Dublin
 Temple bar (touristy)
 The Stag's Head
 * Mulligans
 O’Connells, Portobello, Dublin
 The Long Hall, Dublin
 L Mulligan Grocer, Stoneybatter, Dublin
 The Lord Edward, Dublin
 Abbey Tavern
 The Old Storehouse
 The Hairy Lemon
 Darwins
 The Brazen head
 The Palace Bar
 O'Donoghues bar
 McDaids
 Chameleon
Baltimore
 Bushe's Bar
 Sibin Pub
Cork
 The Pavilion (music)
 De Barra's, Clonakilty
 Tom Barry’s, Cork
 Hi-B, Cork
 The Long Valley 
Doolin
 McDermott’s Pub (music)
Dingle
 Foxy John’s
Galway
 * Moran's Oyster Cottage (seafood)
 * Tigh Neachtain's
 O’Connell’s, Galway
O’Loclainn’s, Ballyvaughan
O Riada’s, Kilkenny
The Hatch Bar, Kildare

O’Shea’s, Borris
Nancy’s, Ardara
Downes, Waterford
Geoff’s, Waterford
Matt Molloy’s, Westport
Kenny’s of Lucan
Smugglers Creek, Rossnowlagh
The Blackbird, Ballycotton

Sites

Castles / Megaliths
Blarney Castle
The Rock of Cashel
Bunratty Castle
Banquet in the castle
Donegal Castle
Trim Castle
King John's Castle

Hiking

Ten hikes
 
Day 1 - Arrive in Dublin and travel to Killiney for a seaside hike.
Day 2 - Explore the Wicklow Mountains and the monastic "city" at Glendalough.
Day 3 - Discover Cahir Castle and hike in the Glengarriff Woods.
Day 4 - Traverse the Beara Peninsula and explore Casteltownbere.
Day 5 - Hike one of the most remote and lovely sections of the Beara Way.
Day 6 - Hike the Kerry Way through beautiful Killarney National Park.
Day 7 - On our way to Dingle, explore coastal footpaths and castle ruins.
Day 8 - Experience Dingle town and choose from a variety of exceptional hikes.
Day 9 - Hike the Cliffs of Moher and overnight in the seaside village of Doolin.
Day 10 - Our Ireland Coast to Coast Hiking adventure ends today in Shannon.