Kailee + Morgan

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 pick up your rental car! (Be prepared to wait, Irish are slowwww)

    🏨 Stay: Wineport Lodge

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Stop for a much needed tea and scone (with clotted cream and jam!) at Avoca Dunboyne 🍵

    • Soak in the million shades of green on your leisurely drive across the middle of Ireland

    • Stop at the Dún na Sí Heritage Park - Visit

    • Drive on to Athlone (Seans Bar! Athlone Castle! Riverside Walk)

    • Wander exhaustedly back to your hotel

    🔗 Map & Route

  • Photo of fishermen in an Irish loch

    Day 2 - On to the Castle!

    🚗 Drive to Ballynahinch Castle (≈ 2 hours)

    🏨 Stay:Ballynahinch Castle Hotel

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Kylemore Abbey Visit

    • Connemara National Park (Short stroll up to the Connemara Ponies @ Diamond Hill) Visit

    • Drive Sky Road to Clifden for lunch

    • Venture to Ballynahinch Castle & wander the immense grounds!

    🔗 Map & Route

  • A couple handfasting in Glendalough Ireland

    Day 3 - A Handfasting to Remember

    🏨 Stay: Ballynahinch Castle Hotel

    🌿 Elopement Photoshoot Locations:

    • Ballynahinch Castle Grounds - Stone bridges, river views, mossy forest paths

    •Derryclaire Lough (12 Pines)

    • Optional Clifden Castle ruins

    🎉 Celebratory Dinner & Dessert with Sarah + Tyler in the pub OR alone in the fancy romantic Owenmore restaurant if you wanna be alone (we totally understand!). Note - Make a reservation early!

  • Scenic view of a narrow valley with lush green hills, a winding road, and a tranquil lake under a cloudy sky.

    Day 4 - Castle to Galway to Doolin

    🚗 Drive to Doolin (≈ 2.5 hours)

    🏨 Stay: Fiddle + Bow

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Galway City to see the Spanish Arch, wander through Eyre Square, gobble up grub in this foodie paradise

    • Drive through the alien landscape of The Burren Visit

    • See the amazing Cliffs of Moher Visit

    • Dinner + Music @ Gus O’Connors Visit

    • Explore Doolin Pier

    🔗 Map & Route

  • Scenic view of rolling green hills, farmland, and the ocean under a blue sky with clouds.

    Day 5 - Doolin to Dingle

    🚗 Drive to Dingle (≈ 3.5 hours)

    🏨 Stay:AirBnB with Grainne or Dingle Benners Hotel

    🌟 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

    • Wander the thatched cottage wonderland that is Adare

    • Arrive in Dingle to check in and explore

    🔗 Map & Route

  • Cliffs of Moher in Ireland overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with a tower on top.

    Day 6 - Dingle Peninsula

    🚗 Explore the Peninsula

    🏨 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!

    🔗 Map & Route

  • Gap of Dunloe in western Ireland

    Day 7 - Dingle to Kenmare

    🚗 Drive to Kenmare (≈ 2 hours total)

    🏨 Stay: Rookery Lane (eat ALL the coffee cake!)

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Gap of Dunloe walk Visit

    • Muckross Abbey & the ancient yew Visit

    • Killarney National Park Visit

    • On to Kenmare to check in & explore & find live music!

    🔗 Map & Route

  • Blarney Castle through a hole in a stone

    Day 8 - Kenmare to Blarney

    🚗 Drive to Blarney (≈ 2 hours total)

    🏨 Stay: Blarney Woolen Mills

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Drive the optional, but very worth it, Ring of Beara Scenic Drive

    • Shop for sweaters in Glengarriff

    • Onto Blarney Woolen Mills

    🔗 Map & Route

  • Rock of Cashel in black and white

    Day 9 - Blarney to Kilkenny

    🚗 Drive to Blarney (≈ 2 hours total)

    🏨 Stay: Butler House

    🌟 Highlights:

    • Blarney Castle + Gardens (Get there EARLY & book it to the stone, then slow down wander the grounds.  Don’t miss the Witches Staircase & fern gardens!) Visit

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

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

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

    🔗 Map & Route

  • Irish clovers in a patch

    Day 10 - Kilkenny to Dublin

    🚗 Drive to Doolin (≈ 2.5 hours)

    🏨 Stay: The Wilder

    🌟 Highlights:

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

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

    • Drop-off rental car & uber into Dublin

    • Explore around your hotel for the night!

    🔗 Map & Route

  • 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 11 - Dublin Fair City!

    🏨 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!

    • Rub the Molly Malone (for Good luck!☘️) then Uber back to your hotel

  • A small airplane flying in a cloudy sky.

    Day 12 - Homeward Bound

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

    Sláinte & Safe Travels!