Taking a trip!

[The Ulsterman]

If you go to Ireland, here's what you do:

-Fly into Dublin. Yes, it's the capital and there's a lot to do, but honestly...it's not very Irish. Stay there for a day and go see the brewery and the Book of Kells.
-Next, so to Belfast. While there, take a black taxi tour and then take a bus to the Giant's Causeway.
-After that, go to Galway (best city in Ireland!). Take a day trip to the Aran Islands and Kylemore Abbey. Also, be sure to go to the Crane Bar and Taffe's Pub.
-From Galway, drive through Co. Clare, stopping at the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher.
-You can either spend the night in Limerick or drive straight through to Cork. Go to Blarney Castle, St. Finnbarre's Cathedral, and the English Market.
-Next, go to Kilarney and go on the Ring of Kerry tour.
-From there, you're ready to go to Shannon Airport and fly to Scotland!

I must agree about Galway...i love it!!!!...and try to get there at least once a year.
But if you happen to visit Northern Ireland,....the Ulster American folk park at Omagh, County Tyrone is a great day out.
Also in Belfast, there is the Cultra Ulster Folk and transport museum.
Both parks are quite similar, and you can walk around the old style cottages and schools etc, which were literally taken brick by brick, from their original location, to the park.
At the Omagh park,....you walk around half the park viewing Ulster life from the past,..and then you board a ship,...and when you walk out the other side, you are in America!!! (a lot of people say, that it's a lot less hassle than waiting for hours at Heathrow airport)
In all honesty Nert,....You will have a ball,...I love the entire British Isles,...but as i live in Northern Ireland, i can only give it the thumbs up.
The mountains of Mourne, are haunting to say the least(and the only mountains in the British Isles which literally DO "sweep down to the sea".......the old Belfast shipyard ,with it's huge Samson and Goliath cranes, home of the Titanic..(you can still see the building she was designed in, as well as the slip she was launched from).....The Glens of Antrim, The Fermanagh lakeland (sheer bliss)....The walls of Derry/Londonderry (as far as i know, the only completely walled city in Britain, if not Europe)....I could go on all night about my country,..and whilst i can only let the others give advice about England , Scotland and Wales, i can envisage you and your good wife coming back,..time and time again.
...and i promise,....i don't work for the N.Ireland tourist board.
Neil.