Dingle, Foynes/Limerick, Galway, Killybegs - Do I need to book a shore excursion?

[Graycruise]

Taking a cruise in October, never been to Ireland before.  For the ports mentioned above, would you recommend a guided excursion, or is there enough to see at the port to do this ourselves?

[njtess96]

Waiting to hear the answer, we are going September 23

[rtdiva]

On 5/17/2023 at 4:35 AM, Graycruise said:

Taking a cruise in October, never been to Ireland before.  For the ports mentioned above, would you recommend a guided excursion, or is there enough to see at the port to do this ourselves?

Go to the website  “ Whatsinport” .

[Ciadan]

Can I ask where your ship actually docks? Killybegs and Dingle are at completely opposite ends of the country.

[gnome12]

25 minutes ago, Ciadan said:

Can I ask where your ship actually docks? Killybegs and Dingle are at completely opposite ends of the country.

I think the OP listed 4 separate ports. 

[Ciadan]

16 minutes ago, gnome12 said:

I think the OP listed 4 separate ports. 

The reason I asked is because I’m surprised if cruise ships dock at these small ports, so I wanted to double check. Too often I read queries from tourists who don’t understand the distance between places - eg thinking about kissing the Blarney Stone while on a visit to Dublin.

 

Anyway @Graycruise - Dingle is a lovely (small) town, but depending on your time, I would recommend doing a tour of Dingle Peninsula. Likewise with Galway - a lovely small city and very easy to walk around, but if there’s a tour of Connemara/ The Burren available, I’d recommend it. Both Dingle and Galway have lovely traditional bars and restaurants - with most of the bars serving  food.

 

I don’t know anything about Foynes, but if there’s time for a tour to the Cliffs of Moher, I’d recommend that.

 

Enjoy! 

Edited June 4, 2023 by Ciadan

[rtdiva]

 I use YouTube often along with CC to make travel plans.

Kellybegs population under 2000 is a deep sea port exporting sea food around the world. 

[WESTEAST]

We will be stopping in Killybegs this summer and we are planning to go to the Donegal Town for the day - here is info: