Connor & Ravenna
Connor & Ravenna
Transportation + Itinerary Ideas
Airport Recommendations
Cabra Castle is located in County Cavan, an hour’s drive from Dublin and just 90 minutes from Belfast. You can fly into either Dublin Airport or Belfast Airport. A few recommendations on travel and itineraries can be found below.
Please note that we are polling for interest in a bus service on September 19 and 20 via invitations and if there is enough interest then we will book and let individuals know about the bus services.
Public Transportation
From Dublin: There are quite a few options. The fastest and cheapest way to travel is via a train and bus combo. Train can be taken from Dublin Connolly to Dundalk (Clarke) where you can then get off and take the bus service from Clarke Station to Kingscourt.
From Belfast: The route from Belfast to Kingscourt is very similar to Dublin - the train will take you from Belfast to Dundalk (Clarke) where the bus can then be taken from Clarke Station to Kingscourt.
A helpful planning service for public transportation is: https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Dublin/Kingscourt#trips
Train tickets can be purchased in advance via https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
Itinerary Ideas
7 Day Ireland Ring Road Trip
Days 1 + 2 - Dublin: Temple Bar, Trinity College + Book of Kells, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Jameson Tour and Tasting, Guinness Experience, Teeling Distillery, Ha'penney Bridge, EPIC Irish Immigration Museum, Phoenix Park, National Botanic Gardens, The Winding Stair Bookstore, Dingle Whiskey Bar
Day 3 - Wicklow Mountains National Park
Day 4 - Cork: Downtown Cork, Blarney Castle
Day 5 - Killarney: Ross Castle, Skellig Experience, Ballinskelligs Castle, Ring of Kerry
Day 6 - Dingle for Murphy's Ice Cream, Tarbert Lighthouse, Cliffs of Moher
Day 7 - Galway: Eyre Square Center, The Pie Maker, Connemara National Park, Salthill, Galway Cathedral
Day 8 - Wedding Day
(Please note that this is just a sample and we have not mapped all of this out. We would recommend researching alternate things to see/do/experience as there is so much to see and do. You can make it a Game of Thrones trip, a Whiskey trip, a cryptid hunt trip, etc. etc, - fun fact Ireland is the birthplace to Halloween.)
Ireland + Northern Ireland 7 Day Trip
Days 1 + 2 - Dublin: Temple Bar, Trinity College + Book of Kells, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Jameson Tour and Tasting, Guinness Experience, Teeling Distillery, Ha'penney Bridge, EPIC Irish Immigration Museum, Phoenix Park, National Botanic Gardens, The Winding Stair Bookstore, Dingle Whiskey Bar
Day 3 - Galway: Eyre Square Center, The Pie Maker, Connemara National Park, Salthill, Galway Cathedral
Day 4 - Wedding Day
Day 5 - Get brunch with at Cabra Castle, then travel up to Belfast
Day 6 - Titanic Experience, St. George Market, Ulster Museum, Botanical Gardens, Belfast City Hall, Crumlin Road Gaol, The Dirty Onion, CS Lewis Square
Day 7 - Giants Causeway, Dark Hedges, Carrick-a-Rede, drive back to Dublin for flight