I went down here for a weekend in September with a few friends. The journey down went relatively smoothly, but because it was Friday afternoon, there were times we were getting snarled up in the traffic around Dublin.
Tolls were a bit of a pain, but it seems a good chunk of europe is like that – I can understand that roads have to be paid for, but there are times when you wonder if its just another money making racket, where the profits are privatised, and the debt is nationalised.
Anyways, we got down to Lisdoonvarna, scenery seemed really nice, but one thing that we prepared before getting there was that there is no atm in it – seems a bit backward, but what can you do.
We were down for the singles weekend, it was very hard to know what to make of it, as it seemed more of a country and western festival for farmers or people into a waltzy kind of music.
Some of the bars were packed out, and I had to leave one as so many people were bumping into each other. We did end up in a decent bar, with decent music, but it had songs on loop. We were told the day we were leaving that the place is practically empty when there’s no festival on.
The crowd seemed generally older too. We had some good meals when we were there, service was spot on.
As for the rest of the area, the cliffs of moher were beautiful – the whole area is worth checking out if your down that direction. Some amount of tourists down at the cliffs though. I’m not sure if I can say much more other than It’s nice around there and on a good day, like the majority of the West coast of Ireland, it would be epic looking.
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