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HELP!HELP!HELP!
I have two weeks to spend in beautiful Ireland (from 10th April to 23
April).Could you please propose me some places to vivit and some events that
i could participate in? Any response will be really helpful http://boards.bootsnall.com/groupee_common/platform_images/blank.gif

Basically anywhere in Ireland would be a great place to go. I would recommend Galway, Doolin, Dingle as the best towns. The Burren and the Cliffs of Moher are great sights. (along with the Aran Islands and Connemara) Most especially I would suggest not staying in only Dublin. Get out and see the countryside. It is a very beautiful country!

I''ll second that! Doolin is a great little village with the Burren, the cliffs and the Aran islands all within a short distance, great little pubs too and the road up to Gallway is Irelands equivalent of the Great ocean road.

Kerry is well worth spending some time at too and it has one Ireland most amazing sites, Skelligs island, its a rocky outcrop about an hours boat trip off of the Kerry coast with age old monastry perched on top, i can't find the words to do this place justice, you just have to see it for yourself,its one of those one in a kind places you won't find anywhere else in the world! strangely enough i haven't seen it been talked about on this forum. A must see for sure!!

Dublin -
The pavilion on a sunny Friday afternoon
Howth head on a non rainy day
Killiney hill (you can see bonos and enyas back garden if you are that way inclined)
explore the back streets from trinity to leeson street - tonnes of really great pubs.
Nightlife on Wexford and harcourt street depending on your tastes.
Gravediggers bar in Glasnevin - have to see this place to believe it.
Mulligans on poolbeg street for the after work crowd
Keogh's on south anne street if you have something to read - go upstairs and sit by the piano.
Toners baggot street- superb Guinness plus if you ask nicely they give you a sandwich free
o'donoghues on merrion row - for the old guy who can't half bang a tune out of a banged up accordion..

Outside of Dublin:
Glendalough - awe inspiring natural landscape - Google it!!
Newgrange - google google google
Drogheda - see the severed head of oliver plunkett (wouldn't eat beforehand)
Go fishing in Co.Cavan (The irish riviera - 365 lakes)
take a boat trip down the river shannon.
Have a pint in seans pub in athlone - the oldest pub in the country
visit killarey harbour in co mayo
head on up to westport for a night and some devilment
Climb errigal mountain in donegal on your way across to the giants causeway.
go to a GAA match in crossmaglen while a British helicopter lands 20 yards away (surreal)
go to the aran islands (email me for an off the beaten track itinerary here, its my homeplace) - have a pint with stevie and watch the boats come and go in the harbour
take the coast road down clare, check out doolin, lisdoonvarna, doonbeg.
Drive as quickly as possible through limerick
on down to kerry, do the ring and sleep in killarney
have a pint in dingle and swim with the omnipresent dolphin(s)
check out the skelligs and try and follow a natural gaelic conversation
head on over the hills of cork to the rebel county - check out skibbereen and clonakilty ask them for some home made white pudding (you will have died and gone to heaven)
stop in kilkenny on your way up for a night in the hurling stronghold before you arrive back in the big shmoke of dublin - grab your plane back to where ever or onto somewhere and plan your next trip back to the emerald isle

^^^ Wow that was a great reply! I only wish that I had met you on Bootsnall before going to Ireland!! I had the best time ever there, but with all you've suggested I could have probably stayed a year!

hey, you must come back so

Its just coming up to my favourite time of the year - the weather here has been really nice for the last week - people are walking around the city with big smiles on their faces mainly because its the first time we've seen proper sun in 8 months or so.

Weekends from now on will consist of leaving work early on a friday afternoon and head straight into the cricket pavillion in trinity college and hang out with all the other people that congregate there. You can get a couple of thousand people sitting in the sun, shooting the breeze and having a few cold beers (Its like a really laid back festival vibe)- classic way to start the weekend. Saturday there is invariably a bbq/party on somewhere then sunday its off somewhere around the country to catch a game of football or even better hurling!! You nearly need a couple of days in work just to recharge the batteries.

84 days till i land in Shannon!!!

Thank you all!!!!

Ireland is gorgeous. I went in April of last year, here's my itinerary.

Dublin > Galway > Aran Island (must)> Galway > Burren > Cliffs of Moher (must) > Bunratty > Cahir Castle > Cashel Rock > Kilkenny > Dublin > Belfast

A lot of people don't like Belfast, but I didn't mind it but if you don't have the time or inclination, don't bother.