8 Nights in Ireland

We packed a lot into our 2 nights in Dublin. Phoenix Park, Christ Church, Viking Museum, St. Patrick's, Guiness, Jamison Distillery, Kilmainham Gaol, and the aerial tour at Crocke Park. We ate at The Cheeky Pig, The Meat Wagon, Gallagher's Boxty, and Oliver St John Gogarty's (they had live music and great food).

We picked up our rental from the airport and then headed south to the Trees of Avalon for a giant slide. Then headed to Tulfarris so the guys could golf and the ladies could enjoy the spa. We ate dinner at the resort and it was very good.

We wanted a castle night while we were in Ireland and Belleek was perfect. The price was way less than other castles we priced. The restaurant in it has a Michelon Star and the food was amazing! One the way there from Tulfarris we visited Clonmacnoise and Tullamore Dew, we even found time to stop in Athlone at Sean's Pub, the oldest pub in Ireland, for a pint or 2.

The next 2 nights we stayed in a house rental in Dungloe, County Donegal. It was a super cute, old, Irish house located on the bay. It just happen to have an oyster farm next door so we were able to pick up fresh oysters from them. During our time here we visited the Slieve League cliffs (the tallest sea cliffs in Europe), Glencar Waterfall, and a secret waterfall which was quite the adventure to get too.

On our way to Bushmills, we stopped by Grianan of Aileach and the kids had McDonald's in Letterkenny, which was a bucket list item for them. We stayed at the Causeway Hotel, the location was perfect but the hotel was just ok and the food was awful. After dinner we got to explore the Giant's Causeway, most of the crowds had left by this time and it was amazing. This was my favorite thing we saw on the trip. The next morning we worked our way back to Dublin for our last night. We did the Carrick a Rede rope bridge and had lunch at Top of the Town in Antrim. The food was excellent! After that, the weather turned rainy so we just headed to our hotel at the airport. We stayed at the Hilton Dublin Airport to make it easier and closer for our flight out the next day. If you are flying directly back to the US, you go through customs at the Dublin airport before leaving so give yourself plenty of time. This means you don't go through customs back in the USA.