Here are the things that I recommend for a trip to Ireland:
I recommend buying a Dublin pass and/or a Hop-On-Hop-Off bus pass to get to and from attractions and to easily get into attractions without waiting for tickets.
Hotels:
- Temple Bar Hotel — best hotel I’ve ever stayed in
- DO NOT BOOK: The Clayton Hotel Silverspring in Cork
Restaurants:
- Elephant and Castle Restaurant (Dublin)
- Guinness Storehouse (Dublin)
- Brazen Head Pub (Dublin)
- O’Connor’s Pub (near Cliffs of Moher)
- The Lobster (Waterville)
Tourism:
- The Old Jameson Distillery Tour
- Guinness Storehouse Tour
- Trinity College & the Book of Kells
- St. Patrick’s Cathedral
- Cliffs of Moher
- Thomas Dillon’s Claddagh Gold
- Blarney Castle to kiss the Blarney Stone
- the town of Cobh to see the final place the Titanic docked
- Ring of Kerry National Park
- Cliffs of Kerry
Also check out my Travel Journal for Ireland!