Shannon + Joe

A Celtic Elopement

The Trip of a Lifetime

  • Old cemetery with weathered stone crosses and gravestones, surrounded by lush green grass and trees, against a backdrop of wooded hills under a cloudy sky.

    Day 1 - Welcome to the Emerald Isle!

    ✈️ Fly to Dublin and explore to your heart’s content!

    🏨 Stay: The Wilder

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Kilmainham Gaol Tour (worth the full tour, what a haunting, stunning place)  Visit

    • Dublin City Exploration

    • Walk to St. Stephen’s Green, Temple Bar, Ha’Penny Bridge, + Guinness!

  • Celtic Cross in Glendalough Monastic Site

    Day 2 - On to Glendalough!

    🚗 Drive to Glendalough (≈ 1ish hours)

    🏨 Stay: The Glendalough Hotel

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Powerscourt Estate (for amazing tea & scones, wander the grounds, check out the ENORMOUS waterfall) 🍵

    • Glendalough Monastic Site (walk to the lower or upper lake) Visit

    • On your way you can see: Ballinastoe Wood Walk, Molls Gap, P.S. I Love You bridge, Lough Tay (Guiness Lake) also, if you’ve seen Vikings, that is where Kattegat is set, and finally, the Spinc, right outside the hotel.

  • A couple handfasting in Glendalough Ireland

    Day 3 & 4 - A Handfasting to Remember

    🏨 Stay: The Glendalough Hotel

    🌿 Elopement Photoshoot Locations:

    • Glendalough Monastic Site & Lakes - Stone ruins, lake views, mossy forest paths, waterfalls!

    🎉 Celebratory Dinner & Dessert your magical guests in the pub OR at the Wicklow Heather Inn!

    • Rest, relax, and wander around Wicklow National Park the day after your beautiful ceremony.

  • Kilkenny Castle from River walk in Ireland

    Day 5 - Glendalough to Kilkenny

    🚗 Drive to Kilkenny (≈ 1.5 hours total)

    🏨 Stay: Butler House

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Wander the charming and stunning Medieval Mile + check out the castle Visit

    • River walk with stunning views of Castle!

    • Hidden streets, closes, and beautiful bookstores and shops.

    • Live music in pubs + Petronella for a delicious dinner!

  • Rock of Cashel, in Ireland, Black and White

    Day 6 - Kilkenny to Cork

    🚗 Drive to Cork (≈ 2.5 hours)

    🏨 Stay: Hotel Isaacs of Cork

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Rock of Cashel (Take the guided tour!) Visit

    • Hoare Abbey (just below the main Rock, worth a wander!)

    • Middleton Distillery Tour! Visit

    • Possible Irish Football Game! Check Schedule

  • Blarney Castle through a stone circle

    Day 7 - Cork to Kenmare

    🚗 Drive to Kenmare (≈1.5 hours)

    🏨 Stay: Rookery Lane

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Blarney Castle - Go FIRST thing in the morning, kiss the stone before anything else!

    • Fly Fishing in Kenmare? Guided or Solo!

    • Wander this special little downtown and catch live music literally in Every pub. Look out for The Wishing Tree and Cromwell’s Bridge (fun little secret spots!)

  • Gap of Dunloe in western Ireland

    Day 8 - Ring of Kerry

    🚗 Ring of Kerry Day!

    🏨 Stay: The Brehon

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Start in Kenmare, End in Killarney!

    • Muckross Abbey & the ancient yew Visit

    • Killarney National Park Visit

    • Ross Castle

    •Stop at the gorgeous Killarney Brewing & Distilling for a dram and a bite!

  • Blarney Castle through a hole in a stone

    Day 9 - Killarney to Dingle

    🚗 Drive to Dingle (≈1 hours)

    🏨 Stay: AirBnB with Grainne or Dingle Benners Hotel

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Slea Head Loop Drive (jaw dropping views, stop often!) Scenic Drive

    • Hike Cruach Mhàrthain (a short steep hike for insane views!)  Hike

    • Take your time on one of the world’s most beautiful drives, you have all day!

    • Wander downtown, get ice cream at Murphy’s, and listen to music at Dick Macs Pub!

  • Dunquin Pier in Dingle, Ireland

    Day 10 - Dingle to Doolin

    🚗 Drive to Doolin (≈ 3.5 hours total)

    🏨 Stay: Fiddle + Bow

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Optional stop at Quinn Abbey (20 extra minutes but it’s rad)

    • Bunratty Castle + Folk Park (stretch your legs, & grab lunch at Durty Nelly’s, the original castle shebeen) Visit

    • Explore Shannon, your namesake!

    • Gus O’Connors Pub for the best live music in Ireland (we think!)

  • Irish clovers in a patch

    Day 11 - Cliffs of Moher to Athlone

    🚗 Drive to Athlone (≈ 2 hours)

    🏨 Stay: Wineport Lodge

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Cliffs of Moher early! Just explore literally around the visitor center, the views don’t change much the further you walk!

    • Head East towards Dublin!

    • Overnight in Athlone, the center of Ireland

    • Sean’s Bar, the oldest pub in Ireland!

    • Optional Viking river boat tour on the River Shannon! Visit

  • Silhouette of a statue of a crowned figure against a cloudy sky, with the outline of a historic building in the background, featuring prominent chimneys and a steep roof.

    Day 12 - Athlone to Dublin

    🚗 Drive to Dublin (≈ 2 hours)

    🏨 Stay: The Clayton Dublin Airport

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Hill of Tara on your way to Dublin

    • Drop Rental Car off and leave luggage at hotel. Taxi into Dublin if you have energy, or Malahide if you don’t!

    • Wrap up what you missed, be it St. Stephen’s Green, Temple Bar, Ha’Penny Bridge, etc. Grab a Guinness!

    • See the Molly Malone statue (for Good luck!☘️) then taxi back to your hotel

  • A small airplane flying in a cloudy sky.

    Day 13 - Homeward Bound

    ✈️ Fly home! Take time to rest & reminisce about your incredible trip! ☘️

    Sláinte & Safe Travels!