Must visit places in the Southern Ireland?

Question

My partner wants to visit Southern Ireland next year and I really don't know where to take her. I've taken her to Northern Ireland several times but never to the south.

I don't want to do the Blarney castle thing or visit Dublin (don't like big cities). Any ideas would be helpful before looking at the Tourist Info Centres. What I'm looking for is a kind of where would you like to visit.
As an example we were in Wales and my Uncle suggested some places that he would like to visit but never has even though they were only a couple of miles from his house.

Answer 1

Southern Ireland doesn't exist, Northern Ireland does but "Southern Ireland" doesn't. Just like West Virginia exists but East Virginia doesn't, it's just Virginia : ) Southern Ireland existed at one point in history, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ireland The name of the country is simply Ireland or Eire (but Eire is only used when speaking or writing in Irish)



You said you wanted to avoid big cities and cheesy touristy places? Then you should consider: Kilkenny and West Cork (Schull, Baltimore, Glengariff, Bantry for example) Kinsale in Co.Cork (near Cork City) is also nice.

Answer 2

There's no such place as Southern Ireland. You mean the Republic of Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland, there are many nice places. What are you particularly interested in? Do you drive? Killarney is very popular because you can walk to a lot of the nice places outside of town (like Ross Castle, the Lakes and Muckross House) and there are lots of coach tours around the Ring of Kerry. It's a good place to start. You can fly to Farranfore airport, which is located between Tralee and Killarney.

Answer 3

There is no such place as Southern Ireland. You can't visit a place that DOESN'T EXIST.



Call it by it's correct name, it's either Ireland or the Republic of Ireland. It has been called this since it became independent in 1921.

Answer 4

Waterford -- it has a fantastic history about the Irish emigration.

Ring of Kerry -- see it on a sunny day

Limerick -- charming town

Answer 5

The Airport

Answer 6

Dingle is a really nice place.