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We will be arriving in Dublin at 9am on a Sunday in Feb. how long will it take to drive to Killarney? We also need to drive back to Dublin on a Sunday morning for our flight home.

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idmom,

Welcome to my forum. I would estimate drive time from Dublin to Killarney to be about 5 hours. However, if you are arriving off an overnight flight I really don't recommend that much driving on arrival in Ireland. What time is your flight on departure?

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How is getting out of Dublin compared to Shannon?

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Are you sure you want to know? On a Sunday morning in Feb departing Dublin airport there should be no problems. But make it a weekday during rush hour and you can be gridlocked. Assuming that someone is taking the M50 it is a big divided expressway so makes driving on arrival pretty good. But it is good to have a navigator to inform you of sudden lane changes as you approach the M50. The motorways around Dublin Airport can have you pulling out your hair if gridlocked.

Shannon is a piece of cake. Dublin is a can of worms.

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Michele,

Thanks- just affirms staying with Shannon which I have found to be a breeze getting in and out of.

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idmom I would consider staying in or near Dublin on your arrival day, possibly as far as Kilkenny. The night before your flight should also be close to the airport. Dublin Airport is not that bad, having said that I have no experience of the new terminal which should make life easier.

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That's one vote for and one against Dublin airport. Since we will be on the west of Ireland our entire trip this year, Shannon is the airport of choice.

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Wasn't a vote just reassurance. Shannon is the better option but there is no need to fear Dublin.  The roads will be quieter on a Sunday but I dont think a cross country drive straight off a transatlantic flight is a good idea. likewise the departure would be less traumatic staying close without a long drive.


-- Edited by tony2phones on Sunday 16th of January 2011 01:28:25 PM

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When flying overnight and not acclimated to the roads and driving conditions, congested and confusing Motorways are my concerns.

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Tony,

I'm looking forward to trying out the new terminal at Dublin Airport shortly. But I think that Shannon will always be easier for first-timers. It is so much more rural than Dublin. I just wish airlines were not pulling so many fights out of Shannon and placing them in Dublin instead.

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We would always prefer to fly into Shannon (over Dublin), but, you're right, Michele. It's getting harder and harder to get into Shannon from the U.S. We need to have as few legs on our flights as possible, since my husband can have some real difficulty with motion sickness on taking off and landing. So we try to keep those to a minimum!

If I were a first-time visitor and had never driven on the left side of the road before, I would absolutely be better off flying into Shannon and driving out from that airport. I remember how terrified we were upon flying into Dublin and dumping directly out onto the M1 motorway. It was a very good thing that it was a Saturday, and there wasn't as much traffic to deal with as there would've been on a weekday! It's just a bit intimidating, but we got used to it fairly quickly. If you just don't panic about it, you'll be fine...

It's rather like here in the U.S. If you take a wrong exit, you'll be able to get back on again. It's not the end of the world! wink

We are flying into Dublin for our trip in June, and we're looking forward to seeing Terminal 2. I've seen and heard good things about it.


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Michele,  I intended to start a new subject and I don't know how to move this post. Feel free to move, if you like.

We have an open jaw, Porland OR-Dublin, and Shannon-PDX flight booked for late March. We booked  last summer, with one scheduled plane change at JFK. Around Christmas time, Delta notified us by email, that our JFK leg had been changed to: PDX-Minneapolis-JFK. I was not happy, due to short connection time as a result, on one leg, with the potential of bad weather in Minn in Marchcry. I contacted Delta and all they would do is give me $100 worth of skymiles points.

Today I got on Kayak just for the heck of it, to see what was available nonstop from PDX-JFK, and lo and behold, Kayak directed me to Orbitz, and they had a non stop Delta from PDX-JFK....same time frame as before. So I looked at seat availability, and the plane was darn near empty!!! I called Delta customer service, and asked if we could get back our original non-stop to JFK. They agreed to change it (with no change fee).  The CS rep didn't think I would want the long layover (5 hrs.) and I informed her that a 3-5 hour layover is better than missing a transatlantic flight due to weather or  other flight delays!  I don't know what kind of games the airlines are playing.disbelief Delta's original excuse, is that the FAA took away their slot. So....they must have given it back! My guess is that they filled the planes from PDX-Minn_JFK, so now they have added a route back. My wife wondered; what if they were not  able to fill this new plane,(new flight number), and then once again change the flight???? We are still 10 weeks out, so we'll see.

It seems that the airline situation is getting  more tricky as time goes on.  They are playing all kinds of games to eek out a few more dollars.  So be forwarned...if you are planning a trip in 2011!  Maybe they are taking lessons from the Rental Car Companies in Irelandevileye    Dan


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As a first time Airport Shannon is really good to initiate the driving tourist, a couple of easy roundabouts before getting onto good new motorway links.

The problem with Shannon will come when the US pull their forces and stop using Shannon as a staging post. I doubt the Airport will survive in its present form on the business it gets from Ryanair and Aer Lingus. The flip side might be that they offer bargain bucket rates to other commercial operators and attract back the routes they have lost. Unfortunately my crystal ball got damaged by the winters frost.

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On our last trip to Ireland in 2009 (my wife went last year with her sister) the first leg of our trip from Dulles to JFK was changed on short notice and resulted in a 10 1/2 hour layover. Compound this with JetBlue being unable to figure out how to check our luggage all the way through to SNN (resulting in paying to store luggage at JFK so we could spend the day in Queens). If course, Aer Lingus blamed JetBlue and JetBlue blamed Aer Lingus.

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Dan,

It is tough to figure out what is going on behind the scenes at the airlines. Good thing you keep on checking to see what is happening with your flights.

Tony,

From what I understand Aer Rianta is the one that oversees both Dublin and Shannon airports. I have been told they oversee airport management, duty free, set the landing fees, etc. I believe at this time that landing fees for Shannon cost more than Dublin. Why Aer Rianta would do that is beyond me. My crystal ball got shattered long ago. If Shannon could and would decrease landing fees I think the airlines might go back. Please correct me if I have that wrong but that is what I've been told by my Irish friends.

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No Michele you are right, the sceptical amongst us might say that the balance of landing fee's has been tilted towards Dublin to Justify the expense of the (some would say unnecessary) Dublin Terminal 2. On the brighter side there is a new route from Shannon to Edinburgh due to start in late March. This will be good for those wishing to do Ireland-Scotland trips.

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Tony,

What a pity that Shannon Airport is held hostage to Aer Rianta. If they were independent of that orginazation they could set their own rules and landing fees. So basically we tourists and Shannon Airport are being held hostage to pay for Dublin Airport's new terminal. Pretty sad. It is also very sad for all the people in the Shannon region who have had their livlehoods dry up because of this mess.

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