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Ireland and Wales: Who has been? Any good recommendations?

JZ - 7-15-2023 at 09:56 PM

We are gonna do a 2 week family trip there soon. Been to Ireland a bunch but mostly for work, except exploring around Cork and West Cork in late 2019.

This trip we are going to be home based in Galway in Ireland and Cardiff in Wales.

Anyone have good recs on stuff to do/see? We'll have a small SUV. It is a manual. Gonna be interesting shifting with the left hand.


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JZ - 7-30-2023 at 02:56 PM

A couple photos.




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mtgoat666 - 7-30-2023 at 04:25 PM

Socialism and strong govt is not all bad, eh? Strong social democracy and healthy paternalistic govt control of land planning makes some of those UK places pretty nice. In the USA we would have to bulldoze those old estates and narrow streets and put in mega malls and 4-lane streets with strip malls and bill boards. Better than Orlando or Dallas :lol:



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Tacayo - 7-31-2023 at 03:39 PM

Nice fotos. I'm thinking a trip over there would be great. How are the locals treating you?
Goat, only Northern Ireland is in the UK.

JZ - 7-31-2023 at 03:54 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Tacayo  
Nice fotos. I'm thinking a trip over there would be great. How are the locals treating you?
Goat, only Northern Ireland is in the UK.


The people in Wales and Ireland could not be any nicer. It's amazing how polite they are. Nothing like LA. Reminds me of the mid-West or South, but even better.

If I had to do it again I would have skipped Wales and stayed the entire time in Galway, Ireland. We've driven about 1,000 miles. Only regret is we didn't have time to drive down to West Cork.

Went to a bunch of pubs with my two boys.






Tacayo - 7-31-2023 at 05:23 PM

My mistake goat. I thought all the pix were of Ireland.

pacificobob - 8-1-2023 at 09:43 AM

Those boys seem to be having the time of their lives.

Don Pisto - 8-1-2023 at 09:56 AM

Quote: Originally posted by pacificobob  
Those boys seem to be having the time of their lives.


:lol:




Marc - 9-29-2023 at 12:14 PM

The Irish are wonderful. Except for my first wife.:bounce::lol:
I do have a funny story about County Cork where my wife is from. For another time.

JZ - 9-29-2023 at 09:33 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Marc  
The Irish are wonderful. Except for my first wife.:bounce::lol:
I do have a funny story about County Cork where my wife is from. For another time.


Funny.

BajaBlanca - 9-30-2023 at 09:06 AM

I cannot wait to go to Ireland! We did not make it.

I love Wales because it is whre Les grew up and he has family there.