Dublin, Ireland - March 2011

This was our first trip to Ireland and we decided why not go for St. Patrick’s Day.  We knew that it was mostly a tourist deal in Ireland to celebrate, but why not.  We flew in and out of Dublin and rented a car to drive clockwise around the coast back to Dublin. We were there 16 days, Mar 16 - Apr 1.  We packed one oversized backpack each with 8 days of clothes.  We dropped our laundry off half way through our trip to be washed.  We were really lucky with the weather and of our 16 days had mostly sunshine.  It rained one evening and drizzled a couple of mornings.

Our itinerary included: 3 nights in Dublin, 2 nights outside Kilkenny, 1 night in Kenmare, 2 nights in Dingle, 1 night in Doolin, 2 nights in Galway, 1 night in Westport, 2 nights in Portrush, 1 night in Belfast and 1 night in Trim.  The trip reports will be broken down by the places we stayed, otherwise it would be one long blog!