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[quote=Anonymous]For this suggestion, I'm assuming a 2 week trip. I would do Scotland (Edinburgh > Inverness > Glasgow). Then hop the ferry in Stranraer over to Belfast.

Once there I'd tour Belfast, making sure to do a black taxi tour to see the murals. Then up to the North Coast (Carrick a Rede Rope bridge, Dunluce Castle, Giants Causeway). Portrush is touristy, but my kids (8,5,3) loved the amusements there. Then to Derry. Again, make sure to see the murals, and the Old Derry wall.

From there, depends on how much time you'd have left.  Galway is one of my favorite places in Ireland.  But you might not have a enough time.

Our family of 5 rents a small minivan or one of the larger cars. Think its usually a Vauxhall or similar.

Flights within UK and between UK and Ireland are cheap.  If you can pick up your car in Scotland and drop off in Ireland or N. Ireland, you can fly back to your original starting city to fly home. That will save you time compared to driving/ferrying back.

FWIW, friend and I did a very similar trip, except we skipped the North Coast and opted to go from Derry down to Galway and then Kerry before heading up to Dublin and caught the ferry back to the UK from there.  Probably covered more miles than what I'm proposing and it was very doable in 2 weeks.[/quote]

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