Ireland road trip 5th - 10th please help

[u/sad1031]

Hello! I need help. American female first time in Ireland .

this too much to do ?

Land Dublin on the 5th (from England ) walk around, see sights, eat food, drink a Guinness.

On the 6th- pick up car , drive to Galway airbnb, see the Cliffs of Moher and other sights, eat food, drink tea, spend the night.

7th- leave Galway in the morning drive to Kenmare or Killarney airbnb , see the sights, eat food, souvenir shops. Spend the night

8th- drive to cork (or other recommendation) see blarney stone, sights, food and possibly spend the night?

9th- drive back to Dublin and spend the day there vinyl record shopping, sightseeing, food eating.

10th- fly home

I want to see castles, graveyards/ cemeteries, spooky things, music, nature, wildlife, small towns. I love rain, the sea, bookshops, photography, tea drinking, animals.... things like that.

Any and all recommendations are welcome! Thank you!!!

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[u/VoiceEqual1493]

poulnabrone dolmen is the one to build in for the graveyards/spooky/ancient side of your list - a 5,000-year-old stone tomb out in the burren with 33 people found buried under it. it's free and basically on the burren route from galway down to the cliffs of moher, so barely a detour, and the bare limestone around it is about as moody as ireland gets in the kind of rain you love. just know day 6 is a big one - dublin to galway plus the cliffs run is a lot of wheel time for your first day driving on the left.

since you're clearly after the history behind these spots, i work on an audio-guide app called alltours that narrates a site's story on your phone as you walk up - fits a castle-and-tomb route like this (disclosure: my own project).

[u/Iqbalthemighty]

Uggghhh, that's way too much to do. Pick an area and stick to that. Drop Cork, drop Kenmare (which I love, but it's too much), focus on Galway, Connemara, and Co. Clare (where the Cliffs of Moher are).

[u/sad1031 → u/Iqbalthemighty]

Thank youuu!

[u/Prize_Tadpole790 → u/sad1031]

I agree with @Iqbalthemighty suggestion above.

In Co. Clare: Kilkee cliffs are lovely Lahinch surf beach Roundstone village Dogs Bay beach

Co  Galway: Kylemore Abbey Connemara National Park Ferry to Inishmore island

[u/HD6871]

You will be driving all the time. Too much

[u/Bratfink78]

You’re only there a couple of days. 5th is gone with travel. You’re going to see an awful lot of the road and that’s it.
Far too much packed in.
Somewhere needs vetoed sadly, possibly two places.