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Southern Ireland

Short trip to the emerald isle for my friend Paul's 50th birthday bash Read more
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  • Trip start
    September 23, 2026
    Sean PlamondonSouthern IrelandSean Plamondon
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    Galway

    September 24 in Ireland ☁️ 17 °C

    Long day to get here. Worked from 6am to 1pm, then caught the train to montreal, 4 hour wait then flew to toronto. Another 2 hour wait then flew 6.5 hours to dublin. Arrived at noon irish time. Picked up my rental car and then picked up Vik who arrived hours earlier and was resting at a day hotel rental.

    3 hour drive to Galway that was mostly just highway driving across pretty flat terrain but then immediately loved the quaint streets of galway as we walked around. Unfortunately got rain off and on again but still very enjoyable place to be.

    Found a great pub for our first guinness in ireland and eventually made our way to our wine bar dinner reservation. Absolutely amazing wine and food. Vik is a master at finding fantastic restaurants.

    After supper, vik was exhausted and went to bed. I found a pub with live celtic music. Met a nice family from Indiana and shared a few beers with them before calling it a night.    Read more

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    Killarney

    September 25 in Ireland ☁️ 18 °C

    Left the hotel at 9am and drove to a small castle and then the striking cliffs of moher

    My third time and i mostly went because i wanted vik to have this experience. But wow blew me away all over again. Its sooo incredibly beautiful

    From there we drove thtough beautiful coastline and eventually interior to the cute town of killarney.

    Vik made another rez at a fantastic seafood restaurant and after a pint at a cool pub, meeting 3 hilarious guys from boston, we settled with an amazing fish and seafood menu and loved all of it

    Vik went home and i met 3 lovely ladies from clare county and spent about an hour with them. Then found one of the guys from boston and had a few laughs before heading home to the hotel.    Read more

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    Cork

    September 26 in Ireland ☁️ 17 °C

    Ambitious plan to drive the whole ring of Kerry and finish the day in Cork. Started the route at very pretty Ross castle. An hour later found a beautiful beach. Then drove high up a mountain and hiked around a bit. I think the best part of the drive was the cliffs of Kerry. Incredible dramatic cliffs above the violent ocean far below.

    Drove along ocean coastlines and through pretty colourful towns for hours just taking it all in. Didnt have much time to linger though and got ourselves eventually to Cork around 5pm.

    Found a brewery in the centertown area which was alright. Then to a few different tap houses. The people of cork are very colorful to say the least haha.

    Made lots of new friends at a few different establishments. Extremely friendly place!! Wish i had more time here    Read more

    Trip end
    September 28, 2026