My wife and I are headed to the Emerald Isle for the first time in a month... Know it's the off-season, but it worked with our schedules, so hoping it'll still be spectacular despite the rain. In all, we're planning to spend 2x nights in Dublin (book-ending our trip), 2x nights in Galway, 2x nights in Dingle, and 2x nights in Killarney. I've already absorbed a lot of Surly's past recos on places to stay, etc., but if anyone else has advice, I'm all ears!
Day 1 - Land early AM in Dublin (adjust to jet-lag, Kilmainham Goal, bog bodies, Guinness Storehouse, Gaelic Football / Hurling, Temple Bar)
Day 2 - Dublin to Galway (Book of Kells in the AM --> Galway --> Quay Street in the evening)
Day 3 - Galway (day trip to Connemara National Park, Kylemore Abbey)
Day 4 - Galway to Dingle (Stop at Cliffs of Moher & the Burren along the way)
Day 5 - Dingle (Slea Head Loop)
Day 6 - Dingle to Killarney (Ross Castle and Muckross Abbey)
Day 7 - Killarney (Ring of Kerry / Gap of Dunloe)
Day 8 - Killarney to Dublin (Make a detour to see Kilkenny)
Day 9 - Dublin (head back home early AM)