Two weeks in Eire! What do I need to see?

[MrSterling]

Visiting an old ladyfriend in Ireland next month, staying in Dublin and going round the country. I'm lucky to have a local traveling with me but she's been gone for a long time too, any of you heads have suggestions? Bars, stuff off the beaten path, paleolithic graves, I'm game for it all.

 

[VonBudí]

sites

the gathering

http://www.reddit.com/r/irishtourism

http://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/eta7y/tourism_in_ireland/

boards.ie = have a look around the county sections perhaps

Dublin

national history museum
natural history museum
national art gallery
national leprechaun museum
temple bar
guinness storehouse/sky bar
coppers
st michans church (dracula)
jameson distillery
book of kells
croke park
lansdowne stadium (think theres a museum)
GPO/moor street (not sure if there anything official/touristy there)
botanic gardens
zoo - best zoo
military museum some where= pretty great

Outside dublin

glendalough
the burren
kerry


year long tourist trap/ celebration going on called the gathering, mentioned at the top = events going on all year, some great stuff.

 

[MrSterling]

The burren is definitely on my list. Amazing looking!

 

[VonBudí]

The burren is definitely on my list. Amazing looking!

"there isnt a tree to hang a man, water to drown a man nor soil to bury a man"
cromwell bastard


very weird place, looks like the moon + has wedge tombs/burial sites

If your at the burren, you have to visit the most sacred holiest of sites in the country, the father ted house

http://www.fathertedshouse.com/contact-us/

its like mecca

also if you have time to spare pop up to achill island.

 

[Dronli]

the west cork/kerry area is a must imo,the scenery is amazing

 

[Nelson_Muntz]

Happy St Patricks DayIreland

Suggested Sights:

• Cliffs of Moher
• Dingel
• Aran islands
• Skellig Islands
• Cape Clear
• Kinsale
• Cork City
• Derry (European Capital of culture)
• Galway

My experience it that It is by far the hardest and priciest country in Europe for finding good weed, but its normally decent quality. 15 - 20 dollars a gram

Hash is another story and I would avoid it. Extremely poor quality Moroccan was very common throughout the country.


Cork, Donegal and Galway. In that order, all have VERY good smoking scenes.

 

[MrSterling]

Thanks all!

 

[theclearspot]

am planning a trip to Ireland this summer, was thinking of hiring a motorhome thingy to travel around in staying in campsites etc as we have two young kids..is this reasonably priced or expensive?.Is there anything like Butlins in Ireland?last time i was in Ireland stayed in the Dingle peninsula in a small village cant remember the name apparently was where Ryans Daughter was filmed I think...I have an Irish passport so should get a free pint of Guinness!. My da was born next door to Brendan Behan near Mountjoy Sq, Dublin....

'And the auld triangle went jingle jangle along the banks of the Royal Canal..'

 

[Nelson_Muntz]

Good luck trying to squeeze a free pint of Guinness you would be lucky to get a free glass of water tbh.

If you can get a deal on the rental then self catering is cheap. Petrol prices are expensive but distances are normally short.

There are a couple of Butlin style resorts in Ireland but I dont know them by name. Trabulgon in Cork is one. Goleen in West Cork and Bundoren Co. Donegal are highly recommended if you are touring around in a motorhome. The latter expecially with children.

 

[theclearspot]

Good luck trying to squeeze a free pint of Guinness you would be lucky to get a free glass of water tbh.

If you can get a deal on the rental then self catering is cheap. Petrol prices are expensive but distances are normally short.

There are a couple of Butlin style resorts in Ireland but I dont know them by name. Trabulgon in Cork is one. Goleen in West Cork and Bundoren Co. Donegal are highly recommended if you are touring around in a motorhome. The latter expecially with children.

ha ha thanks, I was only joking about the free Guinness, drink is pretty expensive in Ireland...ta for the tips

 

[MrSterling]

Absolutely loving Dublin so far despite being sick as a DOG. My friend doesn't smoke and frankly buying off the street isn't my style, but I am going to Cork and Galway and will keep my nose up.

The place I'm staying in has a coin fed electric meter. Apparently the last tenant was growing massive amounts of grass in the attic and they busted him because of the insane electric bills he wasn't paying. Landlord installed said electric meter.

 

[944s2]

hiya,,have a nice trip,,beautiful country apart form the rain,,
i only ever go to sligo,where family live.wonderful scenery,locks etc,..love landing at the airport,,its like you come down in a middle of a field lol,,regards s2

 

[VonBudí]

wow you got lucky, last few weeks have been shit weather.

Would abandon the idea of finding any smoke here and enjoy the tolerance break, maybe galway.

Could get 2 birds stoned and chance coppers tonight , might find some pleasant aromas.

 

[Hundred Gram Oz]

I hope you're having fun man.

HGO

 

[MrSterling]

Having a great time and enjoying my tolerance break. When you're smoking an 1/8th a day and getting 1/10 as stoned as when you went through an eighth in a week, it's time to take a break.

Saw the cliffs of Moher, absolutely breathtaking. Galway was cool, so was Cork. I laughed my ass off at this grow store/coffee house/pole dancing lesson place in Cork. And they have a gigantic sign that says "seeds". Exactly what's your cover story coming out of that place with pot seeds and grow equipment? Haha.

Driving was an experience! Your national roads are smaaaaaall, the local ones terrifyingly so. I had a good tome making the loop from Dublin and back though.

 

[Hundred Gram Oz]

I was at the Cliffs of Moher a few months back, they are breath taking....good luck trying to light a joint up there though LOL the wind is something else. grow store/coffee house/pole dancing lessons haha, I must get my ass to Cork for some pole dancing lessons when I'm buying my nutes

Where are ya off to now? Ya gonna head up north at all?

HGO

 

[irishdude5186]

Glad you enjoyed cork! Its a great city, not too big nor not too small The pole dancing lessons is to keep potential seed buyers happy

As for our roads, they can seem a lil strange alright if you're coming from the states or any country for that fact but one gets used to them.

If you have the chance, got for a nice spliff walks up the killarney national park in Kerry, truly beautiful and many stag and deer about..

 

[Swan Lee]

ahhh,Utopia Nation,yes it'sa neat spot...and only 50 yds away from the pig shop,but a damn site cheaper than that other rip off gaff in Cork !!!

 

[irishdude5186]

ahhh,Utopia Nation,yes it'sa neat spot...and only 50 yds away from the pig shop,but a damn site cheaper than that other rip off gaff in Cork !!!

Funky skunk IIRC?

 

[stinkyigloo]

that place that used be on washington st, get up and gro i think it was, are they still knocking about?