Originally Posted by
crapslaw
I'm planning a fully fully-loaded tour for next year in Ireland. I have four weeks. I will be camping and hosteling all the way. I would like to stop in some of the bigger cities and stay for 3 or 4 nights and to sight-see and check out the night life as I go. I will be flying in and don't have to leave from the same airport that I arrived.
Is four weeks to long for Ireland or should I include a ferry trip to Scotland? Any suggested cities to start and end my tour in?
Four weeks isn't too long, no; especially if you are going to pause in some of the bigger cities. Do Northern Ireland as well as the Republic - the North West is spectacular. If I were you I'd fly into Belfast and out of Dublin, spending two or three days in each. In between I'd go right round the coast, lingering in Connemara (County Galway) and the South West. Stay in Cork for a couple of nights and ask around to find decent music. On your way up the east coast cut inland and go to Kilkenny. It's a nice town to visit, and Kilkenny to Dublin via the Wicklow Mountains is one of the best day's cycling I ever did in my life - but my route was about 120 miles so if you're fully loaded, take two days. Wicklow is fabulous cycling country.
Hope that helps. The Irish contingent in here will have other ideas, no doubt, but that's my idea as a frequent visitor, In fact, I just might do it myself LOL.
Btw, if you do Northern Ireland as well as the Republic, remember that in the North they use pounds sterling and in the South it's Euros. But it's no problem, you can change anything anywhere.