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  1. ambarush avatar

    RE: 1 week in Ireland... need help with my itinerary please!

    by ambarush 23 April 2012

    Welcome to Thorntree. The Dublin hop on hop off bus tour will let you do all the Dublin sights in one day. There are a number of different…

  2. fear_rua avatar

    RE: Day trip from Dublin?

    by fear_rua 13 April 2012

    For a day trip Wicklow, no doubt about it. You can be in the Wicklow mountains within 30 minutes of leaving Dublin city centre, rather…

  3. fear_rua avatar

    RE: Help with Itenerary for Dublin/Galway/Dingle

    by fear_rua 29 March 2012

    Howth is definitely more scenic than Malahide. Get there early and, assuming the weather is good, you can do the cliff walk - very scenic.…

  4. Spellmistress avatar

    RE: Where in the world? quiz

    by Spellmistress 20 January 2012

    >Enniskerry, Wicklow - Terry Wogan's hometown It is in its hole. He's from Limerick.

  5. RayCCroc avatar

    RE: Where in the world? quiz

    by RayCCroc 20 January 2012

    1- pretty generic German rail station mall but this is Hanover 2 - Birmingham Five Ways Marriott, Joseph Sturge the slavery abolitionist…

  6. fear_rua avatar

    RE: County Wicklow and West Cork

    by fear_rua 04 September 2011

    Also in Wicklow - Enniskerry is a pleasant little village, while the Blue Light, just outside Sandyford on Ballyedmonduff Road, is a pub…

  7. fear_rua avatar

    RE: bray

    by fear_rua 30 June 2011

    It's OK. The town itself is nothing to write home about, but there are nice places around there. Very nice walks on Bray Head overlooking…

  8. fear_rua avatar

    RE: Need help finding public transportation from Cahersiveen to Glendalough

    by fear_rua 01 June 2011

    Of course, as occurred to me afterwards, there is a feasible cycling route from Dublin to Glendalough that avoids most of the hills and…

  9. alan1972 avatar

    RE: DUBIN: Day trips, hikes, exploring, cool places? NO CAR

    by alan1972 24 March 2011

    The website referred to by #1 is http://www.dublinmountains.ie/home/ and in particular http://www.dublinmountains.ie/dublin_mountains_way/du…

  10. yaytravel avatar

    RE: Help planning 1-day visit

    by yaytravel 02 February 2011

    New drink driving limits not in yet. They will be but its still at 35microgrammes for 100ml breath at the moment. They're probably going…

  11. sonyariet avatar

    Re: Help planning 1-day visit

    by sonyariet 31 January 2011

    Hello Hoping into a car at 8.30am on Friday morning -- means you will hit the rush hour along the M50 - so progress is slow If you…

  12. alan1972 avatar

    RE: 8 Days in Ireland

    by alan1972 28 January 2011

    About taking a bus to the mountains and hiking. The blog post you linked to mainly describes the "Dublin" mountains, which is a name for…

  13. thevoice avatar

    Re: Trip to Ireland

    by thevoice 26 January 2011

    Try to visi these places. No need to leave Dublin. Sandycove (and The Forty Foot) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandycove (http://www.f…

  14. robbie0403 avatar

    RE: Ireland in three days! What to see and do?

    by robbie0403 16 November 2010

    WICKLOW MOUNTAINS!!!!! GLENDALOUGH ABOUT 1 HR 15 FROM CITY CENTRE MAX ALSO ON THE WAY STOP AT POWERSCOURT HOUSE (ENNISKERRY VILLAGE) FOR…

  15. gabbyM avatar

    RE: Irish Garden suggestions

    by gabbyM 30 May 2010

    Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry just south of Dublin and Muckross Estate in Killarney National Park are two definitely worth checking out.…

  16. alan1972 avatar

    RE: Walking in Ireland

    by alan1972 08 February 2010

    Of the three you mention, I haven't yet walked any part of the Dingle Way or the Ulster Way although I can say that the Dingle Peninsula…

  17. PhilipD avatar

    Re: 5 day dublin trip...suggestions?

    by PhilipD 16 December 2009

    One of the cheapest ways around Dublin is to register for a [Dublin Bike|http://www.dublinbikes.ie/] for 3 days - great for exploring…

  18. PhilipD avatar

    Re: Dublin to Wicklow

    by PhilipD 26 October 2009

    Wicklow is quite a large county, its on the footsteps of Dublin. You can get to parts of it by regular local bus, train, or tourist buses.…

  19. alan1972 avatar

    RE: Hiking arround Dublin

    by alan1972 29 June 2009

    cfd, are you talking about a day trip by public transport or by car? By public transport there are probably aren't many hikes that would…

  20. McKissack avatar

    Ireland Summary

    by McKissack 17 December 2008

    IRELAND Summary Day 1 Landed at Shannon Airport Drove to Castlemaine (between Dingle and Ring of Kerry) for our 1st night at Murphy's…

  21. beefyboy avatar

    RE: Sacred Sites - only one week in Ireland - in May

    by beefyboy 25 November 2008

    Stirling - you asked about Dublin (and other places), so here's some info relevant to Dublin. In Ireland there are two type of sites with…

  22. littlefox avatar

    RE: One week tour of Ireland, including Wicklow

    by littlefox 20 October 2008

    I am guessing you want to go to Wicklow for either Glendalough and / or Powerscourt Gardens, both well worth it though I prefer the former.…

  23. McKissack avatar

    Ireland Itinerary Revised

    by McKissack 15 September 2008

    Okay, since my last post, my wife had to have surgery and we've rescheduled our trip for later this month. Due to some critical opinions…

  24. PhilipD avatar

    RE: Cycling from Dublin to Kilkenny

    by PhilipD 25 June 2008

    1) Don't use satnav for bike trips in Ireland unless you have bike specific software, it is worse than useless. Road software will direct…

  25. Galwayiddo avatar

    Re: Ireland May basically nine days help

    by Galwayiddo 24 April 2008

    That's good advice from Timothysolberg about the Citylink bus from Dublin Airport to Galway, the journey will be 3 hours give or take…

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