Killarney Travel Forum

Hi. we have 3 days for touring. Arrive SHannon wed. drive to Killareny for Event on Sat. How can we fit in, ROK, Dingle, drive up coast to Cliffs. Our last night is Sun (in Bunratty) for flight out Mon. It's a short visit, mainly for event in Killarney on Sat. So we need to be not tooo far out of the way on friday. Is dingle to far to go out and back (hotel in KIllarney OR should we do it on Sun. as we leave to go up coast to see Cliffs. Thanks for ANY suggestions!

I'm not sure where you're from in the world, but keep in mind that road trips in Ireland take longer than they look on the map. It's slow going. We once spent 3 nights in that same area and did the following:

First day - Arrived at Shannon - stayed in Galway on Connemara Bay.. close to Galway City.
Second day - traveled south (Cliffs of M.) and by ferry over the Shannon and stayed two nights outside Killarney. We drove around the Ring of Kerry one of the two days there.
Third day - Back to Shannon

I'm sure you could switch around the sequence to fit in with your Killarney event. Irish music? :-)

My tour of Ireland was on a coach, and we stayed in Killarney for two nights. We were supposed to go to the Ring of Kerry for a daytrip, but we toured the Dingle peninsula instead. My understanding is that they are daytrips, but take up most of the day because roads are small and there are tons of places to stop.

My inlaws did a 10 day trip, and I remember them saying that the drive to the Cliffs was long (I think they started in Cork).

My suggestion:
-Hit the Cliffs first
-Drive down to Killarney, use that as your headquarters
-Daytrip to Ring of Kerry (or Dingle)
-Daytrip to Dingle (or Ring of Kerry), don't know if you'll have enough days
-Drive back to Bunratty/Shannon (Bunratty castle is very interesting)

Try this weblog: http://radio.weblogs.com/0117154/stories/2003/06/21/theBestDrivingTourOfIreland.html

good luck!

=)

I don't know why you couldn't do both, Ring of Kerry and Dingle. My husband and I did it, We left around 8am and started the Ring, we only stopped a few times to take pictures and what not, and then headed to Dingle in the early afternoon. I have done it 3 times, so I don't know why you couldn't.
Diana