Extra day at Dromoland Castle
We will be doing the Week in Ireland tour in May and have an extra day (pre-tour) at Dromoland Castle. Any suggestions on how to spend our day before the tour begins? We do not want to rent a car so transportation is also a factor. Thanks for your help - this is a great group!
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Hi CAC1, my husband and I are also going on this tour in May. I have been doing some research and this is what I came up with. We enjoy horseback riding, so we plan to arrange that. I read that the castle can arrange a round trip taxi ride to Castlefergus Equestrian for trail rides. No worries if you have no riding experience. There is lots of places to walk around at the castle and admire gardens. They also have a Falconery experience that I know my husband wants to do. We arrive very early the day before the tour and I see that the castle has historical tours of the castle on Saturdays at 11 am, so I hope we can join that. We arrive on a Saturday so we have all day Saturday, then Sunday until the tour begins that evening and also Monday afternoon we have more free time at the castle. Someone else posted there is a church within walking distance of the castle if you want to attend church service on Sunday.
We toured Bunratty Castle and Folk Park not far from Shannon airport and also attended their medieval banquet (w/food and entertainment provided by singers and musicians in period costume. We had a great time. You need to get tickets early for the banquet. Goggle it or check out my posts from several years ago. We stayed at the Old Ground in Ennis and arranged with the hotel for a driver for the afternoon/evening.
Take a taxi to the town of Ennis. Have lunch and do some nice shopping . Quaint town.
We thoroughly enjoyed the falconry experience. Also did a private tour of the castle that was interesting.