My family and I are taking a trip this June to Ireland to see the sights and reconnect with mother's family heritage. We'll be staying in Dublin for about a week or more.
Does /trv/ have some Must-See experiences in and around Dublin? What's the best pub/tavern/bar that welcomes tourists? Best castles? We really want to maximize the experience, so any ideas are welcome.
Guiness museum and factory is very nice.
See if there's any rugby game when you'll be there.
Temple bar area and urniversity area are very friendly.
You must also go to the Viking museum.
>>1221946
>rugby game
Sadly I can't seem to find a game while I'm there. Looks like I'm right in the off-season or whatever the local equivalent is called.
Actually, what is the entertainment like in Dublin (sports, shows, etc)?
>>1221943
>We'll be staying in Dublin for about a week or more.
Well, that's the wrong thing to do.
You fly into Dublin, you fly out of Shannon. I suggest taking Delta to make that easy.
You spend 1.5-2.5 days in Dublin, tops. See the Book of Kells, go to the cathedral, dine and enjoy a night or two in pubs, whether for music or literary haunts. Then, leave the city.
Pick up your rental car, drive south, stop by the Powerscourt estate (or stay), spend a day in the Wicklow Mountains checking out St. Kevins. You bop around towns making your way through the Jameson Distillery in Midleton, maybe a tour of oh Waterford, if she wants, Kilkenny might be more than a single day, drive on until you do Dingle Peninsula, up and past Cliffs of Moher, and a music night in Doolin as well as a cruise to the Aran Islands, and then you're up to Galway, or just out through Shannon if your stay is only a week.
Rick Steves is the dude with the best Ireland guides. Fact.
>>1221965
Here ya go:
https://www.ricksteves.com/europe/ireland/itinerary
The reason for two airports is you don't want to waste a whole day just driving back to Dublin across the center of the country.
Most of your days you'll be so fed up with driving against traffic on narrow roads that you'll be done by 4PM, ready for your B&B and ready to start drinking. Take it easy, find where the food and tunes are nice, and settle in.
The bus to Galway
>>1221943
Despite what lots of people say, the temple bar area is actually decent for bars as long you understand it's a tourist spot. Look for O'Donoghue's (next to st Stephen's green) too which is more "genuine", used to be a spot for lots of well known Irish music groups. They still do live music.
There's also another thread up on Ireland you should check, because you're asking the same questions. Basically don't stay in Dublin that whole time because you will run out of things to do. See other parts of Ireland.
The GPO is well worth your time.
Worth the 10€ entry.
>>1221943
Pubs I can recommend for the traditional Irish feel are:
The Stags Head,
The Palace,
Brogans,
Grogans,
Nearys
O'Donoghues (either of them)
O'Neills on Suffolk Street
The Long Hall
As for tourist attractions:
Kilmainham Jail,
Guinness Factory,
Glasnevin Cemetery,
Little Museum of Dublin,
Having said all of that the other anon that said get out of Dublin is right. Dublin is lovely and all but Irelands at it's best in the countryside. If you don't want to go out of Dublin for a few days at least get the dart down to Greystones and walk the cliffs back to Bray.
>>1222205
Even if you dont pay to go in its cool.to check out the bullet holes still in the columns and front of the building