Hi Everyone: I'm planning a trip to Ireland in June for 3 weeks with my family, husband, adult daughter and 10 year old son. We have reservations for the first three nights in Dublin and will then drive to Cork City for the 50th Clan Gathering of the O Mahony Society. After that we will just drive around Ireland, no set plans. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations of places to stay or sights that "must" be seen on a first trip to Ireland? We've gotten the Irish Tourist information and purchased Fodor's but I thought I would like to get some first hand information from this group. Thanks for any and all thoughts. Evelyn Fahey Bayna Hot San Diego, CA

Evelyn, You may want to see the Dunbrody Famine ship replica located in New Ross, County Wexford. There is also the JFK Arboretum in Wexford. Waterford Crystal Factory has a very nice tour. Cashel and Cahir castles shouldn't be missed. Lismore has a nice heritage center. Skiberreen has an exhibit about the famine there. If you have ancestors from around there, they will try to find them on the computer for you if they are not too crowded. Cork City is great. You might not want to miss the Dingle Peninsula although it can get crowded at certain times. The drive from Cork City to the Dingle Peninsula is very interesting and beautiful as is just about anywhere in Ireland. Everyone has their favorites, I'm sure. We were there for three weeks (our first trip and with our 15 year old grandson) and that was just about a perfect amount of time to spend. We stayed in one bed & breakfast except for 4 nights (one near the Dingle Peninsula) and just did day trips. That way we did not have to pack and unpack all the time. That made our trip much easier. Have a great trip. We plan on going back next year with two of my sisters. Regards, Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Evelyn Bayna [mailto:ebayna@ucsd.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:09 AM To: IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Irish-American] Lodging in Ireland Hi Everyone: I'm planning a trip to Ireland in June for 3 weeks with my family, husband, adult daughter and 10 year old son. We have reservations for the first three nights in Dublin and will then drive to Cork City for the 50th Clan Gathering of the O Mahony Society. After that we will just drive around Ireland, no set plans. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations of places to stay or sights that "must" be seen on a first trip to Ireland? We've gotten the Irish Tourist information and purchased Fodor's but I thought I would like to get some first hand information from this group. Thanks for any and all thoughts. Evelyn Fahey Bayna Hot San Diego, CA ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc.

> I'm planning a trip to Ireland in June for 3 weeks Here's a good Ireland travel list that I also admin...many helpful people on it, including some travel agents: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Eire_Travel/ -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton