I may be able to travel to Co. Donegal this summer. If anyone has flown out of the Baltimore, MD or Washington DC airports for that destination, I would appreciate any words of wisdom as far as airlines, land transportation, etc. Do I have to fly from the U.S. into Limerick or is there a better airport? Thanks. Ellen __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/

Ellen I never flew from MD, but Kennedy/Newark either one, I went to Dublin and from there flew up to Donegal, at that time it cost about $90.that was in 2000. I also took a bus from Dublin and that took us over 5 hrs, we stopped for tea, and saw a little , but I would go by plane. Air Leingues to Ireland is the best. Shannon or Dublin, I think they only leave from Dublin to get to Donegal. Letterkenny. Lorraine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen Merritt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:33 AM Subject: [DONEGAL] travel to Co. Donegal > I may be able to travel to Co. Donegal this summer. > If anyone has flown out of the Baltimore, MD or > Washington DC airports for that destination, I would > appreciate any words of wisdom as far as airlines, > land transportation, etc. Do I have to fly from the > U.S. into Limerick or is there a better airport? > Thanks. Ellen > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > > > ==== IRL-CO-DONEGAL Mailing List ==== > This list is for anyone researching ancestors in County Donegal Ireland. Thank you for joining our forum. > Our Ireland website is: http://irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

In 1996 we traveled to Ireland via England so I didn't fly in but given the choice I'd go to Shannon to get to Donegal. And if you reserve ahead car rental is not unreasonable. BUT you do have to reserve ahead because the majority of vehicles are stick shift. (at least then which is only 7.5 years ago). You have to reserve and automatic. It will probably be easier to get on at Shannon than in Dublin where we had a lot of American competition for the few automatic cars. <g> My husband drove all over the place and I hardly got a chance to so it can't be that hard <g>. He wouldn't relinquish the steering wheel and he'd been quite concerned about the left side driving. I will tell you as a passenger sitting on the right side that it was quite "thrilling" when we passed Irish Lorries (trucks) going 60 etc and headed straight towards my side of the car on a little country lane barely wide enough for a cow! And the cows and sheep are quite ignorant...they just wouldn't get out of the way. Seems they thought that dinner was more important than letting the Americans past in their rented car. <LOL> I know you can fly from Shannon to Mayo, maybe you could fly from there to Donegal too. There are bus lines and trains too. But personally I'd rent a car. You will spend more time but the scenery and the smells and the smiles will be well worth it. (and the people you'll meet when you stop for lunch or pictures or to stretch your legs). Beth Cherkowsky http://members.aol.com/cougartoys/alley.html ebay seller id = woadieland -----Original Message----- From: Ellen Merritt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [DONEGAL] travel to Co. Donegal I may be able to travel to Co. Donegal this summer. If anyone has flown out of the Baltimore, MD or Washington DC airports for that destination, I would appreciate any words of wisdom as far as airlines, land transportation, etc. Do I have to fly from the U.S. into Limerick or is there a better airport? Thanks. Ellen __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ ==== IRL-CO-DONEGAL Mailing List ==== This list is for anyone researching ancestors in County Donegal Ireland. Thank you for joining our forum. Our Ireland website is: http://irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237