Thanks to Michele and others for helping me revise my initial (slightly crazy) itinerary.  I finally have a final itinerary and have booked all the lodgings.

Tuesday: arrive Dublin, stay at Brooks Hotel.  Plan is to take the hop-on/hop-off bus around town since we may be a little tired & jet-lagged.

Wednesday:  Dublin.  Trinity College, Kilmainham Jail, Guinness Brewery.

Thursday:  head up to the airport early in the morning to pick up the rental car and start driving to Ballycastle.  We're planning on having the drive take all day and will stop periodically (Carrickfergus?).  Staying at Crockatinney Guest House.

Friday:  Carrick-a-rede rope bridge first thing in the morning (hopefully before the crowds!), then Giant's Causeway, Dunluce Castle and Bushmills Distillery.

Saturday:  Giant's Causeway & Dunluce Castle (if we don't have time Friday), then drive to Dunkineely in County Donegal to stay at Castle Murray. 

Sunday:  Slieve League Cliffs.  Don't want to plan too much - need some quiet relaxing days and I think Castle Murray is a perfect place to enjoy the peace and quiet!

Monday:  Drive to Westport.  Is there anywhere special worth stopping along the way?  Staying at Boffin Lodge in Westport.

Tuesday:  Westport.  Haven't researched what to do yet.  I want to go to Achill, but feel like it might be too far to go for the day.  My fiance will be sick of driving.

Wednesday:  Westport, then driving down to Cong to stay at Ashford Castle.

Thursday:  Drive to Doolin.  Cliffs of Moher.  Staying at Sea View House.

Friday:  Day trip to Aran Islands.

Saturday:  Drive to Bunratty.  Stop in Ennis along the way.  Have not determined lodging yet - possibly Bunratty Courtyard.  We're considering doing the Castle Banquet - haven't decided yet.

Sunday: Fly home.

We've booked a car through Kemwel - they definitely had the cheapest rates by a long shot!  We decided to pay the extra and get the automatic.  Though we're both comfortable driving a manual, with all that we've heard about the stressful driving in Ireland, we figured that having an automatic would be one less thing to worry about. 

I'm still working on which activities we're going to do, but I'm excited to finally have a solid itinerary and the lodgings figured out. 

Does anything look crazy?  Is there anything along my route that I should definitely make sure not to miss?  Is there anything I have listed that I should skip?  (personally, I would skip the Guinness tour based on what I've heard about it, but my fiance really wants to go)