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    I highly recommend Ardawn House, 31 College Road, Galway.
    Breda Guilfoyle   Phone:  091-68833
    
    House is lovely.  Walking distance to City Centre.  Rooms are large and
    airy, rates were very reasonable for all of the above.
    
    /jen

    My mother runs a Bed & Breakfast in Galway (Lower Salthill). Her
    Address and Phone # are:
    				Mrs. Ann Larkin
    				11 Whitestrand Park
    				Galway
    				Phone: (091)584300
    
    Just a short walk from 'The Crane'.
    
    Advance booking is recommended
    
    Gerry

Hello Dirk

There is a book by John and Sally McKenna entitled 100 best B+B's in Ireland
which could be of interest to you as it covers the whole of the country. They
also have published other books on the best restaurants in Ireland and another
on the best restaurants in Dublin. These books are available in most bookshops.

You certainly are cramming a lot into 2 weeks. You'd need to spend a week
in Galway just to get the feel of the place and then you'd forget about 
leaving %^) While in Galway check out Roisin Dubhs for great live music,
the Bluenote  if  you like funk/jazz and Taylors for a great pint. If you can 
manage that lot on your 1 night in Galway , you'll do well. 

Anyway good luck and I'm sure you will have a great time


rgds

Des   

You are really packing this trip fairly full. I will give some ideas. I am 
not going to recommend any specific places to stay except to mention 
that there are many B+B places scattered through the country. Look out 
for the "BORD FAILTE" sign as these are approved by the Irish Tourist 
Board. My favourites are to stay in farmhouse B+B places but that is a 
personal opinion.

When you land at Rosslaire (If not on the boat) contact Bord Failte and 
get a copy of their B+B brochure. Also the Irish Farmhouse Brochure. If 
you are feeling like living like a lord you can also get a copy of the 
Irish Countryhouse guide. These are special houses of historic interest 
which offer accomodation. All these brochures should be available from 
your local Irish Tourist Bord Office.
 
Sun 11 June,	arrival 	Rosslare
	Take a stroll round Wexford. Lots to see. This is an old town 
dating from about 1100 AD.
	Take a trip over to Ferrycarrig (pub is open after 12: it is 
Sunday). Its a good place to have lunch. Afterwards go and visit the old 
stone age Village.  If you are into birdwatching (feathered kind) take a 
trip to the sloblands. However if you go there you may be there for the 
total holiday.

As you head for Cahir you will come to a small town called New Ross. 
Take a trip on the floating barge up the river Barrow. Takes about 2 
hours. It is really spectacular scenery.

You could if you wished take a detour up to Kilkenny. Again this is a 
lovely ancient town well worth seeing. Places to visit include Jerpoint 
Abbey and  if you play Golf Mount Juliet. This is the best golf course 
in Ireland.

Alternatively Head for Waterford and visit Waterford Glass. Buy some 
crystal.

If you continue towards Cahir you will come to Clonmel. Definitely take 
a tour up the NIRE valey in the Comeraghs. Again this is a lovely old 
medieval town. A side trip to Carrick on Suir could also be 
contemplated.  

		to 	Cahir			stay at : Carigeen Castle
	Go fishing on the Suir.

	Visit the Swiss Cottage and Cahir Castle.

Mon 12 June,	to	Cork

	Lots to see in Cork. Pay a trip to Blarney and visit Blarney 
castle. Visit Dan Lowreys Pub for lunch. Possibly visit Cobh.

	Travel on to Kinsale and sample the Food Again a lovely old 
fishing town.

Tue 13 June,	to	Kenmare
	Kerry stands on its own. Do the "Ring of Kerry. Visit Killarney. 
Stop in Krugers for a pint etc.

Wed 14 June,	to	Tralee
	Again lots to see around this area.

Thu 15 June,	to	Limerick

	Visit Adare. 
	Visit Glin.

Fri 16 June,	to	Galway

	Spend a lot of time in Clare. Visit the Burren. Cliffs on Moher. 
Lisdoon, Doolin. Make sure to visit Doolin at night for the music. etc. Stop 
at Cregans Castle in the Burren for lunch or afternoon tea. Visit 
Kinvara .

Others can talk about Galway. Again lots to see.

Sat 17 June,	to	Clonmacnois
	Also take a trip on the narrow gauge railway up through the peat 
bogs. An interesting if different sight.

Get a boat and travel up or down the Shannon. You could spend 2 weeks 
travelling on this alone.

Sun 18 June,	to	Dublin
	Dublin again lots to see.

Mon 19 June,		Dublin
Tue 20 June,		Dublin
Wed 21 June,	to	Wicklow Mountains
	Visit Glendalough, Glenmalure, ImaAl, Arklow Etc. Also take a 
trip north of Dublin to Newgrange Etc

Thu 22 June,		Wicklow Mountains
Fri 23 June,	to	Dublin
Sat 24 June,	departure	Dun Loaghaire

Thats just a quick sample. Lots more to do. I got fed up typing

MBr

Hi Dirk,

	I havent been in this conference for ages but when in I tend to look 
out for people requesting info on holidays/travel in Ireland. So when I see you
requesting info on pubs & bed & breakfast, I wondered if I could give any
assistance.

	Well firstly, you're stopping off in Cahir - my home town! It's a sleepy
little place of about 2000 souls with a pub for every 100 of them. The best for
eating out is probably the Galtee Inn; Castle Arms & Swiss Cottage pretty good
also. For real Irish entertainment i.e drinking, craic and music...you must try
Black Tom's...it's only down the hill from where you're staying on "our" side of
town...the others are on the "other" side...that is across the bridge. Also call
in to Sean Irwin's..say I sent you!

	I recommend you visit Cahir Castle, you wont find any better in Ireland
IMO but I suppose I'm biased. And please please say hello to Peggy Butler from
me - she's the proprietor of "Carrigeen Castle" and my first ever real job was 
working for her in the family pub (still there but not owned by the Butlers now)
back in 1972. And it's my brother who gave her the idea of calling it "Carrigeen
Castle"...in local parlance it's known as the Jail....it was once when the
British had an army barracks in the town....do NOT CALL IT THAT in front of
Peggy! 		

	Finally, I've got a much better idea than MBr, I mean what doesa CAT
know of the Premier County except stuffings on the 1st Sunday of September!!!
When you travel up from Rosslare, you will go through Clonmel anyway but Cahir
is 10 miles farther along. So my suggestion, if you want to see some of
Ireland's most unspoilt countryside is to continue your journey from Cahir to
Cork via Clogheen & Lismore..you will travel over the Vee - the road over the
Knockmealdown mountains - FAR more panoramic than the Comeraghs and take in Bay
Lough, Mount Melleray Abbey and Lismore Castle and with a bit of luck you'll
catch the back end of the Rhododendron season...a few years back I told some
other visitors from Europe about this in this conference and they wern't
disappointed(quick check- Note 773).

	If I can be of any further assistance, by all means drop me a mail.
Sean Lonergan @BBP And have a lovely time in Ireland.

    
    Typical of a Tipp Man. Claim half of Waterford to be in Tipp. As to 1st
    Sept. when were Tipp seen last there 1970?. We will need to put up
    signposts to show them the way.
    
    MBr

Hi guys,

many thanks for the responses, I took all the pub- and B&B adresses and will 
see where the road leads us.
Anyway, we slightly adapted the original itinerary on some of yours advise.
Still, we're leaving next Saturday (June 10th), arriving in Ireland on Sunday 
and staying there till June 24th.
Meanwhile I've been gaining experience in Guiness-drinking (which I didn't 
like, but that has changed now).
If ever some of you are in Belgium, don't hesitate to contact me for some 
Belgian info or beers.
If some of you are interested in a beer along the road in Ireland, contact me 
the following week (@BRO or DTN 856-8817) and we'll see what we can organise.

Thanks again,

1 week to go... and counting

Dirk