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3-Day Blarney Castle, Ring of Kerry, & Cliffs of Moher Rail tour
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If you want to see the best of Ireland’s west and southwest without renting a car, this three-day rail and coach tour from Dublin covers a lot of ground. You’ll visit Blarney Castle, drive the Ring of Kerry and stand at the edge of the Cliffs of Moher - all at a genuinely relaxed pace.
All travel goes by rail and coach from Dublin Heuston Station. A Railtours Ireland host travels with you on the trains and a qualified driver-guide takes over on the coaches. Two nights’ B&B accommodation with full Irish breakfast is included, along with reserved train seats and entry to the Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre.
Meeting point: Check in 20 minutes before departure (6:40am). The yellow Railtours Ireland check-in stand is near the Customer Service Desk at Heuston Station - look for the person in the bright yellow jacket.
Check in at Heuston Station at 6:20am (20 minutes before the 6:40am departure). The yellow Railtours Ireland jacket is your landmark at the Customer Service Desk end of the station - arriving on time matters because the train runs to a fixed timetable, not the tour.
At Blarney, the Blarney Stone is 83 feet up in the castle battlements and the queue moves steadily. But the castle grounds are the less-crowded part of the visit and genuinely worth the time. The Rock Close - a Victorian rock garden with the Wishing Steps and the Witch’s Kitchen - takes about thirty minutes to walk and most visitors skip it for the Stone queue. The grounds are quiet once you’re fifty metres back from the castle. Avoid the Blarney Woollen Mills next door unless you have a specific purchase in mind: thirty minutes maximum, or skip it and walk the Lake Walk instead.
The Ring of Kerry is a coastal circuit of the Iveragh Peninsula - the coach does the full loop with stops. It covers about 180 kilometres and the scenery is genuine: mountain passes, Atlantic inlets, stone walls, small towns. The driver-guide will tell you where to look but the whole route earns the reputation.
At the Cliffs of Moher, the entry to the Visitor Centre is included. The clifftop walk is exposed - wind can be strong at any time of year - but the views north and south along the 214-metre cliff face are the best in Ireland. Arrive in the first half of the day if possible; the light is better and the crowds are smaller.
The Ring of Kerry circles the Iveragh Peninsula and Killarney is the natural gateway town at its eastern end. If you have time before or after the ring loop, Bricín on High Street in Killarney does boxty - a potato pancake stuffed with whatever’s good that day - and it’s the kind of lunch the town is actually known for. The train also runs direct from Killarney to Dublin Heuston (3h 15m) if your schedule shifts.
Kenmare sits on the Ring about 32km south of Killarney on the N71, where the Iveragh and Beara peninsulas meet. Most coaches stop briefly; if you have any freedom in the itinerary, Mulcahy’s on Henry Street has been doing Mediterranean-leaning Irish cooking since 1995, and the Bronze Age stone circle is five minutes from the main square.
Sneem is the knot in the Ring - the Irish word means exactly that. The village splits into two squares either side of the Sneem River, with the bronze of Steve Crusher Casey (world heavyweight wrestling champion, 1938-1947) on South Square. The Blue Bull on South Square is the pub the locals use, with stone walls and a fire most evenings. Most tours stop here for a leg-stretch; worth a proper look if time allows.