... suggestions on where to spend a day on bicycles in this area? Should we rent in Clifden - there is a rental shop there - or would it make more sense to drive somewhere else closer to good bike routes and hire from there? Is Connemara National Park an option? Thank you ... more

forgot to say more than likely you will be using 'unleaded petrol' ...however if your rental vehicle is 'diesel' it will say so ... more

... relaxing way to approach a vacation. :) Really, it will be fine. Hundreds of thousands of people rent cars every year in Ireland and drive around. Very few have any real problems. Take it slow at first, following the advice given to move over if possible to let traffic pass you ... more

... before you even leave the rental lot. Make sure you know where the wiper controls are located, headlights, etc. You will probably be like a deer in the headlights for the first day, but you'll be fine. The most embarassing (and very common) thing you'll do is get ... more

... in the city and is close to all of the pubs etc. It is also close to the bus and train station. Thewre is a direct bus from Dublin Airport to just outside the Merrick if you want to save a days car rental and a day driving. Gobus.ie ... more

... miss out on a lot that Galway has to offer. Take a second night there, relax a bit. Sleep late, you're on vacation. :) Take a drive out to Connemara or somewhere in the afternoon and return to Galway for a nice dinner and some good music in the pubs ... more

... of the Arans. Since a rental car would ... ... a lot of (too short) vacation time? Finally, our return to Dub on Aer Arran leaves @ 7:45AM on a Monday, I was planning to return the car to Galway airport just before flight. Will there be any traffic considerations from Oranmore ... more

... t really our focus. We just want to spend one day seeing it, one day going to the Arans, then last four days touring the countryside in a rental car. That's why I wrote I'd get a car when we were ready to visit Cliffs, Burren, Donegal, etc ... more