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Tenative Itinerary While in Ireland


For those of you who are planning on following our upcoming trip to Ireland we want to give you a general itinerary. We say general because for most of the trip we will be living in our "self catering" cottage. ( http://www.kilmalkedar.co.uk/ )It is not our intention to be held to a strict schedule that will dictate our every hour of the day.

Friday, Feb 16 Leave Milwaukee on a bus to go to O'Hara airport, Chicago about 12:30 pm. Leave Chicago at 6:00 pm

Saturday, Feb 17 Arrive in Shannon Airport at 9:00 a.m. Shannon is in the west central part of Ireland. We plan to take it easy going from Shannon to Dingle what with learning to drive on the left side of the road and on narrow roads and jet lag. They say that Dingle is 3 to 31/2 hours from Shannon. We will probably stop at a few places along the way. Once we get to Dingle we will plan to look around a little, buy some groceries and then head to the Cottage (5 miles). I'm sure we will plan to go to a pub that night because Saturday nights are one of the primary Traditional music nights in Dingle during the off season.

Feb 18-25 Visit the shops and artisan craft shops in Dingle. Visit many ancient castles, monastic sites, forts, etc around the peninsula. We will also be taking some day trips to various location in County Kerry, County Cork and County Clare. (All pretty much in the west and southwest of Ireland. One day while we are in Dingle, Dona is taking a Tin Whistle lesson at the Dingle School of Traditional Music. Ron of course will be driving everyone crazy with his photography.

Feb 26 We will plan to drive back to the Shannon area to spend our last night closer to the Shannon Airport. We are looking into Bed & Breakfast's in Bunratty which is right next to the airport. There is an outstanding castle and Folks Park in Bunratty. Hopefully we can spend most of the afternoon and evening here. Only being about 5 minutes from the airport, we should be able to have a relaxed morning and "full Irish Breakfast" at the Bed & Breakfast.

Feb 27 At 11:50 am we fly out of Shannon on our way back to Chicago and then a short bus right back to Milwaukee. We are scheduled to get back to Chicago at 3:50 pm.
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Anonymous said…
Good Job..
I feel a nap coming on already. I'm not good at sleeping on planes.
Better stock up on my reading materials so I can keep everyone awake with the overhead light..

Ann
January 26, 2007 at 12:03 PM
connie said…
Loved the picture of the 3 of you. Still wish I was going too. Shop trips sound great. Though, I'd like to go with Ron on the photo shoots!! Have a wonderful time!!
January 27, 2007 at 10:19 AM
Anonymous said…
Here's a tip for you, Ron. When you arrive at Shannon, it will be early morning, and you'll be tired and disoriented. The cure? A good breakfast. Once you collect your bags, drive on past Limerick to Adare (about 30 min and directly on the road to Dingle)and go into either Adare Manor on the left, or Dunraven Arms on the right. Both are five star hotels and do a great breafast. Adare Manor is a castle, but breakfast is always the cheapest meal of the day! Have a good breakfast and you'll be set for the windy road to Dingle... Safe trip.
January 31, 2007 at 9:52 AM
Ron & Dona said…
Kieran,

Thanks so much for the advice and we will take it! By the time we get to Dingle, I'm sure we will be in need of some Ice Cream!
January 31, 2007 at 10:10 AM
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