what's up with east coast???????
Oct 18th, 2004, 12:38 PM
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what's up with east coast???????
just wondered have any of you ever visited places like-Glendalough or done the wicklow gap tour or gone hill-walking on the beautiful wicklow mts---heck--yes i am " plugging" my county of birth as all your trip reports here seem to all have a fixation on the west coast of ireland--
Oct 18th, 2004, 12:56 PM
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I spent some time in Dalkey two years ago with friends and loved it! We also went down to Avoca and the drive was beautiful.
I'm going to Northern Ireland in 2 weeks--can anyone offer recommendations for that?
I'm going to Northern Ireland in 2 weeks--can anyone offer recommendations for that?
Oct 18th, 2004, 05:32 PM
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MelJ... we visited Northern Ireland and traveled the coast. We loved the Glenariff Forest Park and stayed at The Meadows B&B in Cushendall. This is a beautiful area. Carlow1, I agree with your post. We stayed North but would like to see the coast that we see from Scotland!
Oct 18th, 2004, 07:15 PM
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carlow1, I've been planning a trip to Ireland with la kidlets. We intend to stay on the east coast just for the sheer convenience of it (we'll be taking the ferry from Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead, Wales) and plus it seems to satisfy all of our present requirements.
We plan on staying in Dun Laoghaire and using that as a base for Dublin, the Wicklow Mountains (my daughter wants to hike there), Castletown House (as we are Connollys), and a day trip to Kilkenny/Rock of Cashel/Blarney Castle. While most of the trip will be designed around what my daughter wishes to do I've extracted promises that it'll will OKAY for me to explore the James Joyce tower near Dun Laoghaire and the Writer's Museum in Dublin.
Thanks for plugging your area!
We plan on staying in Dun Laoghaire and using that as a base for Dublin, the Wicklow Mountains (my daughter wants to hike there), Castletown House (as we are Connollys), and a day trip to Kilkenny/Rock of Cashel/Blarney Castle. While most of the trip will be designed around what my daughter wishes to do I've extracted promises that it'll will OKAY for me to explore the James Joyce tower near Dun Laoghaire and the Writer's Museum in Dublin.
Thanks for plugging your area!
Oct 19th, 2004, 04:23 AM
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MelJ
Why not post a new thread asking for information on the North of Ireland, with a suitable heading. I, and many others, would be only too glad to help if you give us a few more details of what you are after.
Angela
Why not post a new thread asking for information on the North of Ireland, with a suitable heading. I, and many others, would be only too glad to help if you give us a few more details of what you are after.
Angela
Oct 19th, 2004, 11:26 AM
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Having traveled to both the east and west of Ireland, we enjoyed our trip to the east more. I know the scenery in the west is beautiful, but it got kind of boring. I enjoyed staying in Dublin and driving south to Glendalough and we did get down to Avoca and have a pint in Fitzgerald's Pub of Ballykissangel fame. We drove out to Kildare to the Curragh and up to Howth. I was not enamored of the west.
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