The Vee

susan · Senior Member

The Vee

Michele Erdvig · Host

Susan,

Drive time alone will take about 3 1/2 hours. I suggest you avoid Cork City and take the Cross River Ferry from Cobh to Carrigaline and then rural roads to Kinsale. That will save lots of time stuck in Cork traffic or lost (very confusing city).

There are, of course, other interesting things to see along the way such as Lismore Castle Gardens and The Queenstown Story in Cobh. Plan on getting to Kinsale in the early evening. If you think you will arrive after 6pm let your lodgings know.

Michele

wojazz3 · Guru

Hi Susan:

There is another drive south of Lismore that is worth the time. You need to make a left (as you come from the north) just past the tidy toilets and follow a road that you would never meant to be bidirectional and then turn right just before you get to the big school (I think) on the left. How's that for Irish directions. I should move there. Anyway, that road follows the backwater river down to the N25 just outside of Youghal (whose pronumciation is Yawl and it still makes my wife laugh when she remembers me butchering the pronunciation to a truck driver).

Cobh is certainly worth a visit and the ferry is a nice option. That said, I've been able to pass around Cork on the southern "beltway" with relative ease the last couple of time's I've tried. I imaging it would be a mess at rush hour. Saturday midday was a breeze.

Bill

susan · Senior Member

Thanks Michele and Bill
This gives me A lot to think about,Quick route-more time in Kinsale or senic route less time in Kinsale.

Welcome back Bill looking forward to your trip report ,because you are "The King of Trip Reports".

Susan

wojazz3 · Guru

Hi Susan: I'm afraid nothing terribly painful happened to me on this trip and there was minimal embarrassment. The task begins now to sort through all of the pictures.

Bill