Dublin, Galway, and Kilfenora

Delaney Hanon
Aug 19
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September 3-7, 2025

We start our journey in Dublin, where we will rent a car and drive across the middle of Ireland to Galway. While we won't be staying in Dublin long at this point, we will also be ending our time in Ireland there, so we will have a chance to revisit the city before we go.

From Galway, we will go to the village of Kilfenora, known for its trad music and location as the "Gateway to the Burren." We will stay in Kilfenora for a couple of nights, before heading further south to Killarney, our first housesitting destination.

We visited the Cliffs of Moher on our last visit to Ireland, but have not had a chance to explore the Burren or the villages around. We plan to spend a lot of time in pubs, hopefully hearing some amazing music! If you have any suggestions of places we should visit in this area, please let us know!

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