travelling Ireland question

[JethroDog]

I plan on arriving to Ireland via ferry to Cork and need a suggestion/reccomendation. Could I stay in Dublin and get to all the good bits of Ireland? I plan on spending 3 nights and then leaving to Douglas via Belfast. If I stayed in one place I wouldn't have to de-camp every night and I think that would be plus. Currently loooking at staying at Gogarty's in Dublin 6-9 June. I've never been to Ireland and I'm really looking forward to this trip. If not Dublin, where?

 

[Mandylicious]

Do you have any ideas of places you want to see when you're here ?

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

what ever you do don't stay in Dublin

 

[flash of the gap]

dont go to colraine, nah.. do and tell em your from dublin

 

[Buttso]

travelling

Hey JethroDog

you could base yourself in Dublin, but you would end up having very long days on the bike criss-crossing the country to see stuff.. and Ireland is WORLD famous for rain when you don't need it

I suppose its a case of deciding where and what you want to see..

google maps are fairly accurate for Ireland... but due to the nature of the irish roads it can take longer to get there than you think

Dublin its not very far from anywhere in Ireland

Galway - Dublin = 2hours approx
Cork - Dublin = 2.5 hours approx
Kerry - Dublin = 5 hours approx
Mayo - Dublin = 5 hours approx
Belfast - Dublin = 2 hours approx
Donegal - Dublin = 5 hours approx

Best bits of Ireland for most people would be a selection of the following

Glendalough / Sally Gap - East coast 40 kms south of dublin

Wexford/Waterford - 140 kms south-east of dublin
Curracloe - beach where saving private ryan was filmed

Cork/Kerry
Ring of Kerry
Kerry Peninsula
Derrynane house on the Iveragh peninsula ( Daniel O Connell who the street main street in Dublin is named after lived here...)

Clare
the Burren

Galway
Aran Islands
Galway city

if there is anything specific I can help you with .. please let me know

iain

 

[P.J.]

SPEED LIMITS

. ."Galway/Dublin 2 hours approx" you trying to get this guy into trouble?

 

[patzx12]

. ."Galway/Dublin 2 hours approx" you trying to get this guy into trouble?

2 hours tops now with the new road.

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

2 hours tops now with the new road.

and miss the point of a trip to Ireland

 

[Dibs]

Trips

All the better scenery, places, less traffic are west of the shannon , Keep along south coast , and up along the west , nothing around the Midlands.
Dublin not recomended due to conjestion and lack of signs, getting out of it is not recomended for the visitor, unless you been there before----

 

[P.J.]

2 hours tops now with the new road.

. . you'll not get away with that for much longer, with the new speed restrictions.

 

[frank1200]

All the better scenery, places, less traffic are west of the shannon , Keep along south coast , and up along the west , nothing around the Midlands.

another vote for the midlands its sad but ture i suppose nothing much to interest a tosser around here

 

[squid]

I spent 7 days riding a loop from Dublin to the South West. You have no chance of seeing all the good bits in that time let alone 3 days.

Use the time as a taster for a return trip. In the 'good bits' the going is fast but slow if you see what I mean. Excellent roads if you dodge the main traffic flow of coaches but progress is slow as there are so many places to stop a wonder.

I'd head Straight over to Killarney and base your self at White bridge camp site (if I recall the correct one?)

Then do the , the Dingle, miss out the ring of Kerry and do the Beara via the Gap of Dunloe. Even that will take some doing.

Alternitavely head for Connemara Park and follow the coast as long as you have time to. Either way will be much much better than trying to use Dublin as a base in my experience. If you want to save time putting up a tent just book into a B&B at the end of each day. They are everywhere and very reasonable.

 

[Patventure]

out of interest...

Has anyone calculated/completed a circumference run of ireland, taking the road closest to the coast?

has anyone got an estimate on the distance, so that I could plan a trip based on a few days travel? I would not take any dead-end roads (e.g. down to a particular peninsula) but hopefully keep the sea/ocean in sight all the time.

Except if it's foggy. Or dark.

 

[patzx12]

Has anyone calculated/completed a circumference run of ireland, taking the road closest to the coast?

has anyone got an estimate on the distance, so that I could plan a trip based on a few days travel? I would not take any dead-end roads (e.g. down to a particular peninsula) but hopefully keep the sea/ocean in sight all the time.

Except if it's foggy. Or dark.

1) Forget about the midlands.
2) I would be up for a "Long way around the coast" if we organised a group.


I don't think we do enough rideouts here in the west, we should do one at least every 2 months. What is the opinions ?

 

[Patventure]

yeah!

I think it would be a great idea.

There'd be good debate about where to start from though!

Although maybe there could be an arrangement whereby people start and finish closest to where suits them, and people meet up/drop off where suits them. It'd save fuel and include as many people as possible.

Patrick.

 

[the civil one]

what ever you do don't stay in Dublin

+ 1 .
If you really must , visit and stay outside.

 

[patzx12]

I don't see the problem with Dublin. Great people, great city, great nightlife.
You can visit Bikeworld, Maddock's and Duffys.
As with most major citys you have to be aware and streetwise.

 

[Jaws100]

Has anyone calculated/completed a circumference run of ireland, taking the road closest to the coast?

has anyone got an estimate on the distance, so that I could plan a trip based on a few days travel? I would not take any dead-end roads (e.g. down to a particular peninsula) but hopefully keep the sea/ocean in sight all the time.

Except if it's foggy. Or dark.

I've been putting a trip around Ireland on Garmin Mapsource together using green roads from Ordnance survey maps to do trip this year. Starting from Kilsheelan just outside Clonmel thru V- Gap heading to West Cork and following the coast starting from Glengarriff all the way around to Larne in Northern Ireland. Have included some dead end roads into some scenic area's.......... Works out from Kilsheelan to Larne at approx 1896km.

Putting this together as a friend of mine in England wants to do this trip with me if we get a summer instead of yet another monsoon season.

Can put up the Mapsource file here if anyone is interested to look at it or comment on it.

 

[ijg5]

Can put up the Mapsource file here if anyone is interested to look at it or comment on it.

Yes please

 

[patzx12]

Can put up the Mapsource file here if anyone is interested to look at it or comment on it.

Yes please

Go for it, first thing to sort is a route.