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Dublin To Tullamore Dew Distillery Sean's Bar Clonmacnoise Galway Private Trip
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If you’re heading from Dublin to Galway anyway, why not make the journey part of the experience? This trip combines your transfer with a private full-day sightseeing tour - two things sorted in one.
Your driver will collect you from your Dublin hotel or wherever you’re staying. You’ll travel in an executive Mercedes Benz V Class, which fits up to 7 passengers with luggage, or up to 4 if you’re carrying golf bags. Along the way, you can choose which stops to include or skip based on what interests you.
The day includes a pub lunch stop and finishes in Galway. It can also run in reverse - starting in Galway and dropping off in Dublin - if that suits better.
The vehicle and driver are fully licensed and insured in line with Irish Government Transport Authority requirements.
At Tullamore Dew: The visitor centre sits on Bury Quay where the Grand Canal barges once brought grain to the distillery - the same quay where the original distilling began in 1829. The canal is still open beside it, which makes for a good ten-minute walk before or after the distillery tour. Note that admission is not included in the tour price; check in advance that the visitor centre is open on your travel day, as it has had variable hours. If it’s closed, the whiskey story lives in the town anyway - the pubs on JKL Street know it.
Sean’s Bar in Athlone: Sean’s Bar on Main Street in Athlone claims to be the oldest pub in Ireland, with records going back to 900 AD. Athlone sits roughly halfway between Dublin and Galway on the Shannon, making it a natural lunch stop for this route. It’s a real pub, not a museum piece - a pint here with the river outside is the point.
At Clonmacnoise: Budget at least an hour for the monastic site - ideally more. Founded in 544 AD by St. Ciarán, it has seven churches, two round towers, three high crosses (including the Cross of the Scriptures with its carved panels), and over 200 early medieval grave slabs in the grass. The OPW admission is not included in the tour price. Come before the coach groups arrive - the site is overwhelmed in summer by midday. Walk the grounds rather than staying at the visitor centre: the Shannon bank east and west of the monastery is worth the extra ten minutes, and in any season the river explains why the monks chose this exact spot. There’s a small café at the visitor centre; there are no pubs or restaurants within easy reach of the site, so eat before you arrive or after you leave.
A note on flexibility: This is a private tour with stops you can choose or skip. If the distillery is not your priority, an extra thirty minutes at Clonmacnoise is well spent. The site rewards patience in a way that a quick walk-through doesn’t.