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We are beginning to map out an itinerary for our trip.  Unfortunately its a year away and that seems like such a long time to wait.  But fortunately its a year away as we have a list a mile long of ideas to work into a 12-14 day itinerary.  Planning is half the fun tho right?

FYI four of us are travelling together all of us in our 60s, fairly active, love scenery and history, good food and fun pubs and LOVE visiting with the people of Ireland.

All I have are questions right now no plans/reservations have been made.  At this point we hope to spend a lot of time in the southwest on this trip as two of the four of us have never seen that area.  I have Killarney, Kenmare, Ring of Beara, Dingle, Loop Head, Burren and the Cliffs of Moher for possible places to go and things to see in that area.  See what I mean about that list? 

First question I hope to fly into Shannon and head to Killarney for several days.  From what I have read it looks like that drive will be about 2-3 hours driving time.  Is that about right?  This will be my 6th trip and I have always done most if not all of the driving so I am very comfortable on the roads.  Never been to Killarney tho so this is a new area for me.

Second question - from Killarney we plan on heading north to visit (some of) the other spots listed above over a period of several days.  After visiting those sights and towns we plan on driving to Virginia in County Cavan to visit friends.  That will be a long drive so I was looking for places to stop and visit along the way, maybe even breaking up the trip and stopping somewhere for a night.  Any suggestions?  My first thought was Athlone bur am open to any and all suggestions.

Michelle, you helped me earlier with some ideas for County Cavan and we are looking forward to exploring some of those while we are there.

From Virginia we will drive to Dublin for the flight home

Thats all I have right now.  But Im sure Ill be back with more as the year of planning progresses

Thanks to all for any ideas or suggestions you might have. 

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You're right - planning and dreaming about your trip is half the fun. You have plenty of time to make your decisions.

The drive from Shannon to Killarney is about 2 hours. While Killarney is a good base for the SW if you want to do Clare I suggest you spend a couple of days there too. Athlone would make a good overnight if you want to see Clonmacnoise and possibly Belvedere House & Gardens.



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Thought you might find this interesting, given your interest in Virginia:  http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/breakfast-roll-man-is-back-big-time-in-cavan-1.1911209



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Bob - sorry for the late reply but thank you so much for that article.  I do like the town of Virginia and was happy to read the positive news about that town.  We will probably be staying in that area for 3 nights as we love St Kyrans - and Patrick and Helena.

Plans are moving slowly with lots of discussion and a few new requests.  I expect a lot more of that as the weeks go on. We might be trying to fit Lough Derg area and Rock of Cashel into the mix.  I might be working on convincing my travel companions that we really need to stay two weeks.

Thanks for the suggestions and tips -  I know I'll be back as our dates and itinerary firms up.

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