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Fly in! stay at a hotel near the airport. take hop on hop off bus to City Center - Visitors Center.

Go thru mountains via Powescourt to Kilkenny, Spend night. Castle

- SuperQuinn (in the Market Cross shopping center off High Street, free samples - open mon-sat 8 to 7, sun 10-7)
- resturants are good but kind of high prices
- there are a number of pubs, at least 14 choices

open daily 10:30 to 5, castle access by 1 hr tour only
5.30 euros
park adjoining the castle is free

- huge limestone outcropping topped with medieval buildings
- can do own walkabout, get there before noon to avoid tour buses
- flooded with light at night
- open daily, 9 to 5:30
- 5.30 euros
- another site down the hill is Hore Abbey, free

- SuperValu for groceries (Main St. open mon-fri 8 to 10, sat-sun 8-9)
- Cafe Hans (off Lady's Well Str, on the road to the Rock, salads and grilled salmon, Tue-Sat 12 to 5:30)
- pubs

to Blarney Castle - outside of Cork (thru Tipperary?) 2 nights in Cork.

- Old Oak (Oliver Plunket Str) year after year wins "Best Traditional Pub in Ireland"
- An Spailpin Fanac (28 South Main Str) across from Beamish Brewery. One of Cork's oldest and fav pubs. live trad every night

- delicious resturants and cafes, lots found on lanes connecting to Patrick, Paul, and Oliver Plunket Streets
- Tesco (supermarket on Paul St, inside Paul St. Shopping centre, biggest around)

located in the heart of the historic district and one of the best place to learn about the city's past. North Main St. Open Tue-sat 10am to 5pm free

Cork Public Museum (toothbrushes exhibit)
near the university, museum usually open mon-fri 1am to 1pm, and 2:15pm to 5pm, free

Jameson Heritage Centre/Old Midleton Distillery
- tour of the production of whiskey, free glass at the end, open mar-Otc daily 10am to 6pm , 9.75 euros

harbor town
Lazy Bean Cafe, River Room, Quays Bar&Resurant (waterfront)
- Titantic's last port of call (Queenstown Story, history center) open daily 9:30am to 6pm 6 euros
- St. Colman's Cathedral hill above the town, nice view, open daily 7am to 8pm, free

-resurtants, beach, castle, forts, galleries, & coastal walks
- fishy fishy cafe (cute name for seafood place)- www.fishyfishy.ie
- trek up Compass Hill for views
- Charles Fort, open daily 10am to cpm 3.50 euros
- James Fort,
- Desmond Castle, Internation...

- Inchydoney "prettist beach this side of Malibu, CA)
- West Cork Surf School (www.westcorksurfing.com)

- Tipsy Muffin (food place)

- fishing village
- Lough Ine (sometimes spelled - Hyne) Saltwater Lake, found between Skibbereen and Baltimore

- Bay
- Bantry House and Gardens, (www.bantryhouse.com) daily 10am to 6pm, 5 for Garden, 10 euros for house & gardens

drive thru Skibberdean, lunch in Bantry to Killarney, spend 2 nights. Base to see (1.) Ring of Kerry (counter clockwise, rise early) (2.) National Park go to Lady's Point/Lady's View (3.) Castles in Killarney (4.) Dingle Pennisula - Strand Beach

- St. Mary's Cathedral, built during great famine, open 24hrs, free.
- Killarney's National Park
- Ross Castle, guided tour, daily 9:30am to 5:30pm, 5.3 euros
- Muckross Abby, crumbling, built in 1448, always open, free
- Muckross House, www.muckross-house....

- Bay
- Heritage Trail, highlights: stone circle, Cromwell's Bride, map available at tourist office

- Fungi the Dolphin
- Dingle Ocean World (piranhas!) www.dingleoceanworld.com
- surfing, horseriding
- historic sites

Dingle Pennisula - Strand Beach, go all the way out! Thru Tralle, to Limerick - spent night in Ennis - Droboland castle 2 nights, St. John's Castle, Bunratty Castle/Folk Park, Drive in Burrens, Cliffs of Moher - go thru Doolin

- River Shannon
- King John's Castle, www.shannonheritage.com, open daily 9:30am to 5pm, 8.50 euros
- St. Mary's Cathedral, open mon-sat, 9:30am to 4:45pm donation 2 euros
- walking tours, 10 euros

open daily 9am to 6pm
last admission is 4:30pm
14 euros

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-mentions of smoked salmon dishes
- Doolin Deli, convenience store with cheap baked goods, mon-sat 9am to 6pm
- McDermott's (www.mcdermottspubdoolin.com) kitchen open to 9:30pm music evenings
- O'Connor's is the buisest and most touristed pub in town, grub un...

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- has over 60 pubs
- www.enniswalkingtours.com
- ruins of Ennis Friary open daily, 10am to 6pm, 1.60 euros

- Burren Center, 12min video about the Burren, exhibit detailing the region's history, tea room, open daily 10am to 5pm, 5.75
- grocers
- Kilfenora Cathedral

resort town
- spa wells health center
- hydrotherapy pools, massages and suplphur baths

Past Blackhead to Galway, Connemera Skyroad

- Dunnes grocery, Edward Sq. open mon-wed, sat 9am to 8pm and thurs-fri 9am to 9pm, sun 11am to 7pm
- at least 650 pubs to choose from, Quay St and Eyre Sq. pubs cater to tourists, locals at Dominick St. pubs
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- good launching point into the Connemara wilderness
- Sky Road and Clifden Beach are straight out from the Sq. past the SuperValu. grocery open mon-thurs, sat 9am to 7pm, fri 9am-8pm
- Sky Road (16km)
- Alcock and Brown made the first nonstop transatlantic f...

Need to be back in the area

Christ Church info
- Dame St, uphil and across from the castle
- open daily, except during services - 9:45-5
- 5 euros
St. Patrick's Cathedral info
- St. Patrick Street
- Mar thru Oct times - daily 9 to 6
- 5 euros

in case we want to drive outside of Dublin but be close to the city

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