ireland
travel - Ireland
flights from England to Dublin
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cabin baggage limit is 10kg
1hr flights from Manchester Airport to Dublin cost (inclusive of taxes and charges) £32 without checked baggage and £49 with 1 bag checked in (on the PLUS fair) - must add £6 handling fee.
flights from Heathrow terminal 1 have a higher taxes and charges fee bring cost without luggage to £56 plus the handling fee
can accrue Qantas frequent flyer points
rental car in UK or Ireland
weather in June:
daylight hours 4am-11pm but only average 4-5hrs sunlight per day
London avg min 11degC - avg. max 20degC with rain on a third of the days (London is one of the driest regions of UK)
Galway avg min 9degC - avg. max. 17degC with high humidity and 75mm rain/mth with just over 50% of days having rain. Avg temp. is 13-14degC.
Dublin has similar temperatures but only rains on a third of the days
yes, mid-Summer in Ireland is about the same weather as mid-Winter in Melbourne but without the very cold days and frosts, so bring jumper and trousers!
toll roads in Ireland:
Dublin
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Trinity College - oldest university Ireland, Book of Kells
Guinness Storehouse
Croke Park - Ireland GAA headquarters
Dublin Castle
Moore St - markets
Christ Church Cathedral
St Patrick's Cathedral
Kilmainham Gaol
Abbey Theatre for a great show
James Joyce Centre
Leinster House (Irish parliament)
Oscar Wilde's house
Hugh Lane art gallery
Carmelile Church, Whitefriar Street - home of the buried remains of St Valentine
Ha'penny Bridge built in 1816 over the River Liffey
day trips from Dublin:
Galway and the south-west coast
Clonmacnoise monastery, near Clonbrusk between Galway and Dublin
Galway quays, university, cathedral, Spanish Arch medieval walls, Lynch's castle, Salthill (buy claddagh ring)
Kylemore Abbey
Ballyvaughan - Gregen's castle (nice food), tea and garden rooms
Doolin
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The Burren - scenic landscape, dry stone walls, stone structures, dolmens, Poutnabrane Dolmen
Ailwee caves
Doonagore Castle (small coastal tower)
Ennis - Dromoland castle (5* hotel, great food), Bunratty castle
Limerick - King John's castle, Hunt museum (bronze age), St Mary's cathedral, Arthur's Quay 2hr walking tour
Adare village and Adare Manor Hotel (5*)
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Ring of Kerry
Killarney NP:
Béara Peninsula south of Kerry:
Cork - English markets (food stalls), Blarney castle and the Blarney stone, 2.75hrs drive back to Dublin
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ireland.txt · Last modified: 2017/07/21 19:48 by gary1