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Private Chauffeur Service From Dublin Airport to Killarney
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After a flight, the drive to Killarney should be relaxing, not stressful. Your driver will be at your specific arrivals gate, name card ready, whether you land on time or late. There’s no hunting for your transport - you’re escorted straight to a comfortable, air-conditioned car and you can settle in for the four-hour journey south to Kerry.
It’s a private transfer, so it’s just your group the whole way.
Kerry Airport at Farranfore is worth knowing about. If your flights are flexible, Kerry Airport (KIR) is 17km north of Killarney - about 20 minutes by car, or one train stop on the Cork-Tralee line. Dublin to Killarney is four hours by road; Dublin to Kerry Airport takes the same flight time as Dublin to Cork. If you’re flying from outside Ireland and have a connection option, it’s worth checking.
Plan your arrival time around the park. Killarney is built on its national park - Ireland’s first, given to the state in 1932. The park entrance is a ten-minute walk from the town centre. After four hours in a car, even a 30-minute walk through Knockreer demesne before dinner is worth building into your first evening. The Knockreer gates stay open until dusk and the lakeshore path is one of the better things to do when you’re still adjusting to being here.
The town is walkable; the car is for the Ring. You don’t need a car to get around Killarney town itself. High Street, the restaurants, and the pub sessions at Courtney’s Bar on Plunkett Street are all on foot. Keep the car for the Ring of Kerry (179km loop, best driven anti-clockwise starting early) or the Gap of Dunloe, where the road through the glacial valley is closed to cars in summer - you walk or take a horse.
Book dinner before you land. Killarney has 1.1 million visitors a year for a town of 14,000 people. Treyvaud’s on High Street (open since 2003, known for Kerry venison and Kenmare Bay scallops) and Bricín, also on High Street (the boxty house with a 30-year run), both fill quickly in peak season. If you’re arriving on a Friday or Saturday evening in summer, a reservation saves a difficult first night.