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I plan Ireland by nights per base, not kilometres per day: Dublin, then Galway or Killarney as anchors, with day trips radiating out, rather than a different bed every night.","The weather is the other thing people underestimate - not the cold so much as the changeability. Four seasons in an afternoon is a cliché because it's accurate, and a soft mist can turn into hard rain and back to sun within the hour, any month of the year. That's actually good news for scheduling: there's no reliably 'ruined' month, so I don't push clients hard toward July-August the way I would for a beach destination. What July and August do bring is the crowds and the rental car premiums, particularly around the Cliffs of Moher and Killarney, so late May and September get first recommendation from me for anyone with flexible dates.","A first-time route that works well is Dublin (2-3 nights) for the city and Trinity College, then west to Galway (2 nights) with a day out to the Aran Islands or the Burren, down through the Cliffs of Moher to Killarney (2-3 nights) for the Ring of Kerry and Dingle, and back to Dublin either by road or a short internal flight. Northern Ireland and the Giant's Causeway are a worthwhile add if a client has more than 8-9 days, but it's a genuine cross-border day trip from Dublin or Belfast, not a quick detour, and worth pricing and timing separately.",[11,63,90],{"name":12,"months":13},"Dublin & the East",[14,20,23,28,33,38,42,47,51,55,59,61],{"month":15,"tempHighC":16,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":18,"busyness":19},"Jan",7,2,67,1,{"month":21,"tempHighC":16,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":22,"busyness":19},"Feb",55,{"month":24,"tempHighC":25,"tempLowC":26,"rainfallMm":27,"busyness":17},"Mar",9,3,51,{"month":29,"tempHighC":30,"tempLowC":31,"rainfallMm":32,"busyness":26},"Apr",12,4,45,{"month":34,"tempHighC":35,"tempLowC":36,"rainfallMm":37,"busyness":31},"May",15,6,59,{"month":39,"tempHighC":40,"tempLowC":25,"rainfallMm":22,"busyness":41},"Jun",18,5,{"month":43,"tempHighC":44,"tempLowC":45,"rainfallMm":46,"busyness":41},"Jul",20,11,46,{"month":48,"tempHighC":49,"tempLowC":45,"rainfallMm":50,"busyness":41},"Aug",19,74,{"month":52,"tempHighC":53,"tempLowC":25,"rainfallMm":54,"busyness":31},"Sep",17,65,{"month":56,"tempHighC":57,"tempLowC":16,"rainfallMm":58,"busyness":17},"Oct",13,70,{"month":60,"tempHighC":25,"tempLowC":31,"rainfallMm":18,"busyness":19},"Nov",{"month":62,"tempHighC":16,"tempLowC":26,"rainfallMm":18,"busyness":19},"Dec",{"name":64,"months":65},"West Coast - 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the car park and main viewing platform are overwhelmed by tour coaches through the middle of the day in summer.",{"id":118,"src":119,"srcLarge":120,"alt":121,"photographer":122,"photographerUrl":123},34244282,"https://images.pexels.com/photos/34244282/pexels-photo-34244282.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940","https://images.pexels.com/photos/34244282/pexels-photo-34244282.jpeg","Breathtaking view of the Cliffs of Moher with expansive ocean and lush greenery under a bright sky.","Adrien Olichon","https://www.pexels.com/@adrien-olichon-1257089",{"slug":125,"name":126,"blurb":127,"photoQuery":128,"tip":129,"photo":130},"ring-of-kerry","Ring of Kerry & Killarney National Park","A 179km loop around the Iveragh Peninsula taking in lakes, mountains, and coastal villages, with Killarney National Park and its lakes as the anchor most itineraries base from.","ring of kerry ireland lakes mountains","Drive the loop anticlockwise, opposite to the tour coaches, or better yet, base in Killarney and do it as day trips rather than a single long circuit - it removes the constant coach-passing on blind bends.",{"id":131,"src":132,"srcLarge":133,"alt":134,"photographer":135,"photographerUrl":136},37344425,"https://images.pexels.com/photos/37344425/pexels-photo-37344425.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940","https://images.pexels.com/photos/37344425/pexels-photo-37344425.jpeg","Stunning panoramic view of lush Irish countryside, lake, and mountains under a cloudy sky.","Oleksandr Kobuta","https://www.pexels.com/@oleksandr-kobuta-152146753",{"slug":138,"name":139,"blurb":140,"photoQuery":141,"tip":142,"photo":143},"dublin-trinity-temple-bar","Dublin - Trinity College, Book of Kells & Temple Bar","The Book of Kells and the Long Room library at Trinity College anchor most first visits to Dublin, a short walk from Temple Bar's pubs and the wider Georgian city centre.","trinity college dublin long room library","Book Book of Kells tickets online for a specific time slot in advance - walk-up queues in summer regularly run over an hour.",{"id":144,"src":145,"srcLarge":146,"alt":147,"photographer":148,"photographerUrl":149},1296000,"https://images.pexels.com/photos/1296000/pexels-photo-1296000.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940","https://images.pexels.com/photos/1296000/pexels-photo-1296000.jpeg","Expansive view of the historic Long Room library in Trinity College Dublin.","Ann Marie Kennon","https://www.pexels.com/@ann-marie-kennon-547933",{"slug":151,"name":152,"blurb":153,"photoQuery":154,"tip":155,"photo":156},"giants-causeway","Giant's Causeway & the Antrim Coast","Forty thousand interlocking basalt columns on the north coast of Northern Ireland, formed by volcanic activity some 60 million years ago, paired with a scenic coastal drive past Dunluce Castle and the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge.","giants causeway northern ireland basalt columns","It's a genuine day trip from Dublin (or an easy overnight from Belfast), crossing into a different currency and jurisdiction - flag that clearly to clients budgeting in euros only.",{"id":157,"src":158,"srcLarge":159,"alt":160,"photographer":161,"photographerUrl":162},34936223,"https://images.pexels.com/photos/34936223/pexels-photo-34936223.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940","https://images.pexels.com/photos/34936223/pexels-photo-34936223.jpeg","Stunning view of Giant's Causeway with hexagonal basalt columns and cliffs.","Marian Florinel Condruz","https://www.pexels.com/@gottapics",{"slug":164,"name":165,"blurb":166,"photoQuery":167,"tip":168,"photo":169},"galway-aran-islands","Galway & the Aran Islands","A lively university city with a compact, walkable old town, and the jumping-off point for ferries to the Aran Islands, where Irish is still the everyday language and stone walls divide fields down to the cliff edge.","galway ireland aran islands stone walls","Book the Aran Islands ferry in the morning and check return times before committing - the last boat back is early enough that a leisurely lunch can strand a client overnight unintentionally.",{"id":170,"src":171,"srcLarge":172,"alt":173,"photographer":174,"photographerUrl":175},33865628,"https://images.pexels.com/photos/33865628/pexels-photo-33865628.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940","https://images.pexels.com/photos/33865628/pexels-photo-33865628.jpeg","Tranquil scene of stone cottages and green fields in County Galway, showing traditional Irish architecture.","Jonathan Borba","https://www.pexels.com/@jonathanborba",{"slug":177,"name":178,"blurb":179,"photoQuery":180,"tip":181,"photo":182},"dingle-peninsula","Dingle Peninsula","A smaller, quieter alternative to the Ring of Kerry looping around the Dingle Peninsula, taking in Slea Head, beehive huts dating back over a thousand years, and a working fishing town with a strong live music scene.","dingle peninsula ireland slea head coast","Pair it with Kerry as a half-day add-on rather than its own base - Dingle town itself is small enough to see well in an evening and a morning.",{"id":183,"src":184,"srcLarge":185,"alt":186,"photographer":187,"photographerUrl":188},5819287,"https://images.pexels.com/photos/5819287/pexels-photo-5819287.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940","https://images.pexels.com/photos/5819287/pexels-photo-5819287.jpeg","A picturesque view of coastal cliffs and green fields on an overcast day.","Lachcim Kejarko","https://www.pexels.com/@redrum-visuals",{"id":190,"src":191,"srcLarge":192,"alt":193,"photographer":194,"photographerUrl":195},12815001,"https://images.pexels.com/photos/12815001/pexels-photo-12815001.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940","https://images.pexels.com/photos/12815001/pexels-photo-12815001.jpeg","Breathtaking view of the Cliffs of Moher with rugged coastline and ocean waves crashing below.","Alexander Kaliberda","https://www.pexels.com/@alexander-kaliberda-3050808"],"uses":{"params":["slug"]}}]}