First Time to Ireland? Suggested 2 Week Route

For our trips, Scott and I tend to post something for every day or for specific "legs" of the trip. Because of this we will start out with an overview of our trip schedule for our readers, this way, if you only want the basics of our itinerary and get a good starting point you have that option. After this, we will go into the details of the sites, restaurants, accommodations, and of course, any breweries, wineries, cideries, distilleries, and meaderies along the way. Trust us, the detail parts are quite informative, and we've been told, quite entertaining, but for now, here is our two week Ireland Honeymoon route:

Day #1: Red eye flight to Dublin (and then a full day in the city center)

• We prefer red eyes because we do not loose a day traveling, but we take the mindset of whatever time it is, that's what time it is - meaning, none of this "well, it's 8am in Ireland which makes it 3am at home." Yes, it makes for a long day, but we don't go on vacation to sleep.

Day #2: Dublin

• We were lucky enough to be in Dublin for St. Patrick's Day!

Day #3: Glendalough

• An hour south of Dublin in the Wicklow Mountains
• Monastic ruins and cemetery

Day #4: Glendalough

• Amazing hiking!

Day #5: Kilkenny and Cahir

• Kilkenny is an hour and a half west from Glendalough
• Cahir is another hour west of Kilkenny
• CASTLES!

Day #6: Cahir, Cashel (to see the Rock of Cashel), and Bunratty

• Cashel is only 18 minutes north of Cahir
• Bunratty is another hour west of Cashel
• Ruin and more castles! 

Day #7: Bunratty, Cliffs of Moher, and entering The Burren (and the little town of Lisdoonvarna)

• Bunratty to the Cliffs of Moher is an hour west all the way to the coast
• From the Cliffs, Lisdoonvarna is only 15 minutes north up the coast

Day #8: Poulnabrone Dolmen, Caherconnell, and Galway

• Ancient tombs and ring forts
• Poulnabrone Dolmen and Caherconnell are 24 minutes from Lisdoonvarna and are right down the road from each other
• Galway was another hour north up the coast
• In our opinion, Galway was 10x better than Dublin and we wish we would have started our trip there and even celebrated St. Patrick's Day there (read the upcoming posts for more details).

Day #9: Galway

Day #10: Connemara Scenic Drive, Connemara National Park (and spent the night in the town of Westport)

• From Galway to Connemara National Park is 1 hour 20 minutes north west
• Westport is another hour from the park (we did not plan on staying in Westport, but we spent a long time at the park)

Day #11: Driving across the country into Northern Ireland to the Giant's Causeway and Belfast

• From Westport to the Giant's Causeway was 5 hours (we took a few side roads) and was 100% worth the drive

Day #12: Belfast

Day #13: Back to Dublin

• Belfast to Dublin is only a two hour drive south

Day #14: Last Day in Dublin and Back on the Plane

To give you an idea, this is the route for day #1 - #10 compliments of Google Maps.

For the end of day #10 - #14 the next leg looped us up and around back to Dublin.

Hopefully the maps give you a better sense of the driving possibilities and let us know if you have any questions about our route!

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