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Cork City to Derry

by valenciana 17 May 2012

Hi there! A friend and I are heading to Derry for a course starting 18 June. We are flying into Cork City on 13 June and plan to make…
RE: Itinary?

by archaeobabe 29 April 2012

Well you could skip the Waterford and Wexford legs of the trip and spend that time in Derry/ Donegal instead. In that case I would go…
RE: Itinary?

by EnClair 29 April 2012

Thanks. Another question - is it worth spending a 2 days in Northern Ireland? Derry is quite far away from the rest of our trip, but…
RE: Student traveling to Ireland

by andreaclaire 27 April 2012

Suggestion for Antrim Coast: get a day tour out of Belfast. Trying to do the coast by public transport is a nightmare; you'll only save…
RE: Day trips from Donegal

by battybilly 18 April 2012

Hi.... *wbmike. Welcome to Thorn Tree. I hope you have a very happy and long stay here - with us all. Sure - Donegal, Derry and The Gian…
Day trips from Donegal

by wbmike 18 April 2012

We have rented a house in Dungloe, Donegal while our niece competes in the International Mary of Dungloe Festival this August. We will…
RE: Irish name pronunciation

by fear_rua 02 April 2012

I don't think I've ever particularly come across any of those names before, and wouldn't hazard a guess as to how they might be pronounced,…
RE: Irish name pronunciation

by nutraxfornerves 02 April 2012

[_Eamon Melaugh_|http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/melaugh/eamon.htm] is a photographer from Derry, NI. Someone who is tracing ancestors found…
RE: 19 Day Itinerary Help

by linfield 19 March 2012

I would advise spending the morning in Derry, maybe taking a tour of the city walls and after lunch head through Limavady towards Castleroc…
RE: Arriving in Dublin, leaving from Shannon

by markfawkner 13 March 2012

Newry, between Dublin and Belfast is pleasant enough as a town. There may be better but my knowledge of this route is poor. There is no…
RE: Summer in S. Europe: away from tourist mania

by mpjohans 21 February 2012

> #15: Ireland might be the home of Ryanair but they do not have that many flights to and from Ireland Hmm, they fly to/from Spain from…
RE: Dublin-Donegal

by OriginalName 18 January 2012

I'm not sure how many of the posters above have actually driven from Dublin to Donegal Town but their information is completely incorrect.…
RE: Dublin-Donegal

by theirishtraveler 13 January 2012

jakeyrotten. Your Shortest route to Donegal is from Belfast in Northern Ireland its 2hours by car. Instead of 3 and a half hours from…
Re: Typical itinerary questions...

by rodway 09 January 2012

Bearing in mind you are using public transport I think you have to make up your mind for one region. Northern Ireland is certainly…
RE: UK - Amsterdam

by bristolnewbie 06 January 2012

From where in the UK? Derry or London? Aberystwyth or Kirkwall?
RE: Ireland in 10 days

by andreaclaire 05 January 2012

Unless there's something you really need the car for before leaving Galway, picking the car up in Galway is a good idea. There's a toll…
RE: Ireland in 10 days

by liilak 04 January 2012

OK, so I finally came up with the following itinerary. Please note that, due to time constraints, we have decided to sacrifice Kerry,…
RE: Ireland in 10 days

by kdexter 13 December 2011

in Derry, both the bogside murals and a walk in one of the areas with loyalist mural could be if interest. also, at the Tower museum there's…
RE: Ireland in 10 days

by Rossam 12 December 2011

liilak Derry to Slieve League, approx two hours. The nearest town to Slieve Leage is Carrick or tiny village is Teelin (both work isf…
RE: Ireland in 10 days

by andreaclaire 07 December 2011

Does your 10 days include your arrival and departure dates or is that 10 full days+arr/dep? If you really only have 8 full days in Ireland,…
Re: Ireland in 10 days

by Rossam 05 December 2011

Well Belfast is only about two and a half or three hours from Dublin, after arriving at the airport etc and driving that's a day gone.…
RE: One for USAnians

by RayCCroc 05 December 2011

Especially if you ran a dairy in Derry with hairy Harry Herriott.
RE: Ireland in 10 days

by liilak 05 December 2011

Spanish, well, that's a matter of contention ;-) Unlike my friends, I am not particularly interested in "the troubles" (enough troubles…
RE: City vs. Town vs. Village

by fear_rua 05 December 2011

Well, I suspect everything probably shifts up a level in Ireland because of the small and dispersed population and the small populations…
RE: Wilderness of Ireland

by dandelion7 26 October 2011

I agree with #7, Derry is quite friendly and very interesting. It would be a great place to end your journey.