REVscene Automotive Forum - View Single Post

Hondaracer · 09-16-2019, 09:02 AM

Back from just over 2.5 weeks in Ireland, Scotland, and then a few days in London before flying home

Our route went:

Flyin into Dublin, rent a car, drive across London to Dingle and the Dingle Peninsula, spend the night there, then drive from Dingle to Cork, use Cork for a home base for 3 full days, then train from Cork to Belfast

Now the route from Dublin to Dingle is virtually right across the entire country, when I was originally researching this trip I asked a few questions on trip advisor relating to the driving portion. In typical trip advisor fashion people were fucking dicks and told me I was driving way too much and that I'm not going to see anything, I'm wasting my time etc.

My reply that driving 3-6 hours is not a long haul in Canada and that can be a normal weekend away was met with the typical sarcasm and disdain.. lol

Starting in Dublin for 3 days:

Whiskey Tour at the whiskey library in Dublin, very cool, quick experience for a history and some education on Irish Whiskeys with a tasting at the end

Frankly didnt have too many overly exciting pictures of Dublin, its mostly what you'd expect, and most guide books etc. Tell you to spend 2-3 days here max, The Guinness Store house is worth checking out, however I felt like the Heineken Tour in Amsterdam was a better overall experience. We spent most of our time walking around and hanging out in Pubs, Dublin and Southern Ireland all are on the Euro so the exchange is OK, typically prices were the equivalent or slightly lower but in Euros, as in most places the price of a beer or a big mac is a pretty good indicator, a good deal on a beer would be 5 euros.

We then rented a car, the whole process was a bit of a headache, we reserved prior to going there and upon arrival the SUV we wanted (a Rav 4) was not available so we were given the typical bait and switch of the "equivalent" SUV, the problem was the equivalents had zero trunk space, We knew 100% we could fit our luggage (there were 4 of us, my parents and my wife and we each had a medium sized bag) As well, the guy at the booth would not accept us declining the optional insurance even though our capital one card specifically states to decline anything they offer. He said Ireland is different however and they require it but after further research our capital one card does cover Ireland, so do your research before going and make sure you go with a rental agency that will allow you to decline optional insurance, this optional insurance cost us another 150 euros on top of the 700 euro rental for 5 days.. We ended up with a Peugeot 300D SUV, which was actually very nice. The downside is the one we originally wanted was an auto, and now we had a right hand drive Manual SUV lol..

So onto the drive, we drove from Dublin to The rock of castle castle in about 2 hours, the main highways, the "M and N" routes on the map are great, fast highways:

its pretty cool and worth a stop if you're around there, but there isn't too much to see

We then continued driving to Dingle, this drive took about another 4 hours due to the roads, they get pretty fucking hairy in some parts and the roads are barely wide enough for 2 small cars, so in a bigger SUV where you barely know where the side is, you've got to slow right down to avoid collision lol..

Dingle is really cool, a stereotypical seaside Irish town, its mostly a tourist spot now but when we went it wasnt overly crowded, had some great restaurants, and very cool pubs, my wife and I wandered the streets at night and ended up finding some amazing "trad" music

Dick Macks pub, probably had the best pint of Guinness I had in Ireland here, a traditional old Pub

We spent a good night drinking and then hopped back in the car to drive the ring around the Dingle Peninsula, This peninsula is an alternative to the Clifs of Moher, and apparently the cliffs of moher are insanely crowded with tour busses etc to the point of adding hours and hours to your trip as it is a far larger ring road and much slower drive. We did this drive in about 2.5 hours stopping 4-5 times along the way. It was pretty cool and had some beauty spots, however, I find natural beauty very hard to be compelled by coming from Canada/BC, but this was 100% worth the time and effort to get and stay here.

an exmple of the roads you have to try and let others pass on during the ring lol, luckily most people both locals and tourists seem to know to do the route clock wise, however you occasionally run into the moron going counter clock wise and in some spots you'd literally have to back up 100+ feet to let someone pass in the opposite direction.

09-16-2019, 09:02 AM	#1
Hondaracer I have named my kids VIC and VLS Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 39,479 Thanked 16,089 Times in 6,561 Posts Failed 2,165 Times in 747 Posts	2 weeks in Ireland and Scotland Back from just over 2.5 weeks in Ireland, Scotland, and then a few days in London before flying home Our route went: Flyin into Dublin, rent a car, drive across London to Dingle and the Dingle Peninsula, spend the night there, then drive from Dingle to Cork, use Cork for a home base for 3 full days, then train from Cork to Belfast Now the route from Dublin to Dingle is virtually right across the entire country, when I was originally researching this trip I asked a few questions on trip advisor relating to the driving portion. In typical trip advisor fashion people were fucking dicks and told me I was driving way too much and that I'm not going to see anything, I'm wasting my time etc. My reply that driving 3-6 hours is not a long haul in Canada and that can be a normal weekend away was met with the typical sarcasm and disdain.. lol Starting in Dublin for 3 days: Whiskey Tour at the whiskey library in Dublin, very cool, quick experience for a history and some education on Irish Whiskeys with a tasting at the end Frankly didnt have too many overly exciting pictures of Dublin, its mostly what you'd expect, and most guide books etc. Tell you to spend 2-3 days here max, The Guinness Store house is worth checking out, however I felt like the Heineken Tour in Amsterdam was a better overall experience. We spent most of our time walking around and hanging out in Pubs, Dublin and Southern Ireland all are on the Euro so the exchange is OK, typically prices were the equivalent or slightly lower but in Euros, as in most places the price of a beer or a big mac is a pretty good indicator, a good deal on a beer would be 5 euros. We then rented a car, the whole process was a bit of a headache, we reserved prior to going there and upon arrival the SUV we wanted (a Rav 4) was not available so we were given the typical bait and switch of the "equivalent" SUV, the problem was the equivalents had zero trunk space, We knew 100% we could fit our luggage (there were 4 of us, my parents and my wife and we each had a medium sized bag) As well, the guy at the booth would not accept us declining the optional insurance even though our capital one card specifically states to decline anything they offer. He said Ireland is different however and they require it but after further research our capital one card does cover Ireland, so do your research before going and make sure you go with a rental agency that will allow you to decline optional insurance, this optional insurance cost us another 150 euros on top of the 700 euro rental for 5 days.. We ended up with a Peugeot 300D SUV, which was actually very nice. The downside is the one we originally wanted was an auto, and now we had a right hand drive Manual SUV lol.. So onto the drive, we drove from Dublin to The rock of castle castle in about 2 hours, the main highways, the "M and N" routes on the map are great, fast highways: its pretty cool and worth a stop if you're around there, but there isn't too much to see We then continued driving to Dingle, this drive took about another 4 hours due to the roads, they get pretty fucking hairy in some parts and the roads are barely wide enough for 2 small cars, so in a bigger SUV where you barely know where the side is, you've got to slow right down to avoid collision lol.. Dingle is really cool, a stereotypical seaside Irish town, its mostly a tourist spot now but when we went it wasnt overly crowded, had some great restaurants, and very cool pubs, my wife and I wandered the streets at night and ended up finding some amazing "trad" music Dick Macks pub, probably had the best pint of Guinness I had in Ireland here, a traditional old Pub We spent a good night drinking and then hopped back in the car to drive the ring around the Dingle Peninsula, This peninsula is an alternative to the Clifs of Moher, and apparently the cliffs of moher are insanely crowded with tour busses etc to the point of adding hours and hours to your trip as it is a far larger ring road and much slower drive. We did this drive in about 2.5 hours stopping 4-5 times along the way. It was pretty cool and had some beauty spots, however, I find natural beauty very hard to be compelled by coming from Canada/BC, but this was 100% worth the time and effort to get and stay here. an exmple of the roads you have to try and let others pass on during the ring lol, luckily most people both locals and tourists seem to know to do the route clock wise, however you occasionally run into the moron going counter clock wise and in some spots you'd literally have to back up 100+ feet to let someone pass in the opposite direction. __________________ Dank memes cant melt steel beams Last edited by Hondaracer; 09-16-2019 at 10:17 AM.