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We're going on our honeymoon in Sept.   We're planning doing a driving tour of Southern Ireland.   I was wondering if anyone had any advice, must do's, recommended places to stay etc.  Thank you!

Mrs. lovebug just returned from a honeymoon in Ireland (Don't really know wich part.) Read her blog.

Yes, check out Mrs. Lovebug's recap! 

Definitely do the Ring of Kerry.  It's a beautiful driving tour around county Kerry. Also check out Mizen Head, which is on the southwest tip.

If you are going to be flying in/out of Shannon airport, you should also go to Bunratty castle and Durty Nellys (I think Lovebug posted about both of these).

Galway is also worth spending a day or two in.  I think that was one of my favorite places when I was there.

I can't remember where the Cliffs of Moher are (county Clare maybe), but if you have a chance to see them you should. 

The Rock of Cashel is also cool and of course Dublin.  Limerick is fun for a short stop, especially if you ever read Angela's Ashes. 

HTH :)

~ Mrs. Radish 

Thank  you

Yes i was excited to Mrs. Lovebug's post.    But I realized she hit mostly northern ireland.  We're arriving in dublin and leaving from shannon, but going south instead of north.  We were thinking of trying to stay in B&B's vs larger castles/hotels. 

 Thank you for the sites.  I'm putting it on our list.

I was there for 2 weeks back in 2000, and we stayed in all B&B's.  There are so many cute ones and they were all really lovely and affordable.

Unfortunately, I don't recall the names of any of them off the top of my head, but when I go home tonight I'll look through my scrapbook and see if I can find more info.

Some of the most fun that we had there was just driving around the countryside and "exploring" too.  So if you are renting a car and going around, be sure to do that.  

I had some family in this really tiny town called Goleen on the southwest coast and it was blast staying there. It was really pretty there and we just had so much fun hanging out with the locals.  Everyone was so friendly.

You're gonna have a great time for sure! 

Thanks Mrs. Radish.  If you find out where you stayed that would be great!

Thank you Mrs.Allgood.  we were told by someone to go to cork...but we had no idea what was worth seeing. 

Hi Guys This is great.  I never heard of viamichelin.com.  I'm definitely checking it out.  If you had any specific companies or hotels you could recommend that would be aweseome.  Thank you!

I just looked through my scrapbook and I found some of the places I stayed.  They were all very nice from what I remember.

• Bunratty Lodge - near the airport in Co. Clare and right near Bunratty Castle and Durty Nelly's. This was one of my favorite places that we stayed in Ireland.  The rooms were really nice and the owners/staff were awesome.
• Dromin Farmhouse - Co. Kerry.  This place was really beautiful and again, the owners were so nice.
• Heron's Cove - in Goleen, near Mizenhead.  Quite lovely and the little town of Goleen is so cute.
• Anna Ree House - in Galway near the Salthill beach. I don't remember much about this place because we hardly spent any time in it.  There was so much to see and do in and around Galway that we really just slept here. It was pretty cheap from what I remember, though.
• Rockview House - in Cashel, county Tipperary. 

Those are the only ones that I could remember the names of.  We stayed in many more, but I don't have info on them. 

Oh, and as a previous poster mentioned -- Cork City is great, so definitely check that out if there is time, and Cobh is also a place worth seeing. 

HTH :) 

That's everyone.  This is great.  Do you think the Blarney castle is really worth seeing, or is it overrated?  We'll only be there a week, so trying to priortize must-sees.  Thank you!

Quite honestly, I found Blarney Castle to be overrated and very "touristy." 

My relatives that we visted for a bit while we were in Ireland made fun of us for even going, and they said that some of the locals go up there and pee on the Blarney stone at night when they're drunk.  LOL!

If you have a limited amount of time and have to prioritize things, I would skip it.  There are much cooler things to see.

OK thanks. I might skip over Blarney though. 

What is in Galway? I see a lot of suggestions for it.  but it's a bit out of the way. so I'm trying to figure out what we should do there.  Thank you!

Bunny blue, That's a good suggestion.  wewere were also debating on the GPS.  A few people said the GPS might not work, because roads were missing, but I figured we'd at least know if we're going the right direction.