Ireland- Must do with Teens/Tweens

[Anonymous]

We have a long 2 week trip to Ireland/Northern Ireland planned for July. My itinerary is pretty set, but as I work on the final tweaks wondering what your top suggestions are to do with teens and tweens. My kids are 14 and 11. Just want to make sure I am not missing anything that was particularly loved by that age group and/or any unusual suggestions I might not have seen on the typical searches. Anything not worth the time/money? Also- trying to keep it broad/generic so it could be helpful to others planning their own trips.

[Anonymous]

What cities are you visiting?

I'll toss out: Cliffs of Kerry along the Ring of Kerry. My hot take is that this is more impressive than the Cliffs
of Moher. Killarney National Park is a favorite.

Rock of Cashel is a favorite, particularly if you can view the Romanesque frescoes.

[Anonymous]

Giants Causeway
Trinity College

[Anonymous]

Newgrange
Giants Causeway
Dingle Peninsula (rather than Kerry)
Inishmore (spend the night)
Rock of Cashel
Archaeological museum in Dublin

[Anonymous]

Giants Causeway and the Titanic museum in Belfast, if those areas are on your itinerary

[Anonymous]

Giants Causeway for sure!

Some teens might love the Titanic stuff in Belfast. (Not mine, but YMMV)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Newgrange
Giants Causeway
Dingle Peninsula (rather than Kerry)
Inishmore (spend the night)
Rock of Cashel
Archaeological museum in Dublin

Seconding this and adding that this books up but you can get a tour that also takes you to Tara.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Giants Causeway and the Titanic museum in Belfast, if those areas are on your itinerary

ha, jinx

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What cities are you visiting?

I'll toss out: Cliffs of Kerry along the Ring of Kerry. My hot take is that this is more impressive than the Cliffs
of Moher. Killarney National Park is a favorite.

Rock of Cashel is a favorite, particularly if you can view the Romanesque frescoes.

Second a visit to Cliffs of Kerry. Way less crowded and more impressive.

[Anonymous]

Titanic Museum was a lot of fun—exceeded expectations. I also liked the botanical gardens in Belfast.

My kids liked the Irish Museum of Country Life. The cafe was good too.

[Anonymous]

We did a bus tour of the Ring of Kerry in order to avoid having to do the drive in a rental and it was a great choice, but the highlight was a stop we made along the way to see a sheep dog demonstration on a local farm. We got to learn all about how the dogs are trained and see them in action herding the sheep. I’m sure kids that age would love it as much as we did.

[Anonymous]

Galway

[Anonymous]

Surfing if you are on the west coast

[Anonymous]

New grange and Book of Kells at TCD are our top 2.

[Anonymous]

Hike the Slieve Donard, Mourne Mountains from Tollymore Park, near Newcastle. The scenery- heather, rock walls, view to the sea- all so beautiful.