Southern Ireland Neolithic Sites

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dolmens Jan 17, 2011 22:02:37

Hi, long time reader, finally decided to join and write a post.

Am looking to go to Southern Ireland later this year - wonder if any of you have a tips / guidance for sights to see? looking to go for 3 / 4 days and will be driving from England, plan to see as much as possible ! - also wondered if there are any 'package' tours out there ?

Any help, ideas would be appreciated !

The Sea Cat Jan 18, 2011 10:06:08

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http://www.megalithicireland.com/

http://www.sacredireland.org/

Also, I spend a lot of time in West Cork, which I can't recommend highly enough re. stunning natural beauty. A great place to start and then then travel up the South West coast via Kerry, Connemara etc.

Have a wonderful time.

:-)

GLADMAN Jan 18, 2011 20:30:08

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Hi dolmens. Never too late to want to share your stuff.

Depends which port you're coming into I guess.... if Dublin, you can't really argue against the detour north to Bru na Boinne - Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth... not to mention Four Knocks. will get you a lot of Neolthic art in one swoop.

Heading west you've then got Loughcrew... another major, major site. Some great sites in Wicklow (Seefin, Piper's ...) And agree with Sea Cat in that Cork and Kerry have innumerable great sites...Reanascreena, Ardgroom, Bohonagh, Drombohilly, Gurteen, Island, Labbacalle... to name some obvious ones. Need a lifetime, really.

ocifant Jan 18, 2011 20:47:13

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It was a while ago now, but we had a week over there, landing at Waterford and staying between Cork and Bantry.

Reverse order but there's a 5 parter weblog starting at the bottom of http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/user/2381/weblog/15 that lists everything we saw, which might come in useful.

bawn79 Jan 18, 2011 21:02:00

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dolmens wrote:

Hi, long time reader, finally decided to join and write a post.

Any help, ideas would be appreciated !

Its impossible to say really, bring the TME with you, its pretty useful.
If you come in by Dublin then do spend maybe 2 days there and visit Boyne Valley and Loughcrew.
We have a new snazzy motorway system so it may be worth heading to Cork via Lough Gur just outside Limerick (My personel fav) and then from Cork using the TME to visit some of the stone circles of Cork and Kerry.
Take in Galway city, its a lovely cultural city and then up to Sligo to Carrowkeel and Queen Maeves Cairn and Carrowmore.
Bugger I think what Ive recommended would take at least 10 days.

3-4 days then Id say
Day 1 - Boyne Valley / Dublin
Day 2 - Honestly Id recommend a nice night out in Galway
Either Sligo full day / night or Cork stone circles
Day 3 Maybe up to Sligo
Day 4 Back to Dublin

or Day 1 - Boyne Valley / Dublin
Day 2 - Cork night in Cork
Day 3 - stone circles around Cork (very busy day)
Day 4 Back to Dublin

Give me a bit more of an idea of what you want to see and I can try and tighten things up a bit

Bawn