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From Dublin: 3-Day Cork, Ring of Kerry, Cliffs of Moher Tour
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Three days on Ireland’s Atlantic coast, covered by train and road from Dublin - this tour packs in the south-west’s biggest draws without you having to organise a thing.
Day 1: Check in at Dublin Heuston (Customer Service Desk) for the 07:00 InterCity train to Cork, with breakfast available on board. You’ll transfer by road to Blarney Castle to kiss the famous stone, then have time for lunch, a bit of shopping, and a taste of Cork city before visiting Cobh Heritage Centre. This is home of the Queenstown Story - the port from which the Titanic made her last call, and from where 3 million Irish people emigrated. You’ll then take the train from Cobh to Killarney, where you’ll be transferred to your bed and breakfast with en-suite facilities. Killarney has plenty of restaurants and traditional pubs, many with live traditional music.
Day 2: The full Ring of Kerry tour - a largely coastal drive around the Iveragh Peninsula, taking in Dingle Bay and the Lakes of Killarney, with mountains and sea on either side. The evening is free in Killarney.
Day 3: Leave Killarney for Limerick, then join the Cliffs of Moher tour. You’ll take a short city tour of Limerick and visit Bunratty Castle before lunch at a traditional pub. There’s plenty of time at the Cliffs of Moher before a coastal drive around Galway Bay with stops for photos. The return InterCity train to Dublin departs in the evening, arriving back at 20:45.
At Blarney Castle on Day 1: Your tour arrives at the castle and your admission is included. After you’ve kissed the Stone, the Rock Close - a Victorian rock garden with standing stones, the Wishing Steps, and a stone chamber draped in moss - is fifty metres from the main crowds and worth the twenty-minute loop. The grounds are part of the admission and easily the quietest part of the visit.
Two evenings in Killarney - make them count: Killarney is a real town with a real pub scene behind the tourist-facing high street. Courtney’s Bar on Plunkett Street is where locals go for sessions from about half nine - small, low-ceilinged, the real thing. Murphy’s Bar on College Street has had three generations of the same family running it, with trad on Friday and Saturday from 9:30pm. For dinner, Bricín on High Street does boxty - a potato pancake stuffed with the best of what’s available - and is worth booking ahead. The national park starts at the end of the high street, so a morning walk before Day 2’s Ring of Kerry is easy.
Bunratty on Day 3: You’ll stop at Bunratty Castle before the Cliffs of Moher. The castle itself - a 15th-century tower house filled with original furniture sourced from across Europe - is included in your admission. The Folk Park surrounding it is a thirty-acre reconstructed village of real relocated buildings. Budget the time your guide gives you; people always wish they had more.
The Cliffs of Moher: Arrive with good footwear. The cliff path is paved but the wind comes straight off the Atlantic. The viewing platform above O’Brien’s Tower is the standard photo stop, but the south path toward Hag’s Head gives you the cliffs from the side - and usually fewer people. Your tour includes plenty of time here, so take it.