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 We have just come back from the caravan show in Manchester. We were given an offer to ireland if we book a ferry crossing by 31st Jan the caravan can go free and it can be used anytime during the year.  We are thinking of summer holidays.  We would like to go around the cork killarny area and up along the coast to may be Mayo. Does anyone have any recommended sites in those areas they know about.

thank you Yorkie 

Have a look at the campsite search which will give some sites and reviews  http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results.asp?region=Overseas&county=S%20Ireland

there may be some useful stuff in old posts  http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/search.asp?search=ireland&searchMode=allwords&searchIn=Topic&forum=7&searchSort=dateDESC&Submit=Start+Search 

and there's also the Irish tourist board site which has a lot of sites listed by County http://www.camping-ireland.ie/cork/cork.html

There is (or used to be) a comparatively cheap site in Mayo, right on the main road under Croagh Patrick, perfectly acceptable. Don't go to the site in Westport, the price is ridiculous! There is also a cheapish site near Glegarriff, Co. Cork right next to an expensive one. Sorry, can't remember the names. Personally I would give Killarney a miss unless expensive over done tourism is your thing, much better imo to stay at Tralee for a night or two and then go round the Ring of Kerry anticlockwise, i.e. from the north, to avoid the overhanging rocks! You could stay at Mannix Point and Wavecrest, both good sites. The Dingle area is also well worth seeing.

You could of course go to Northern Ireland as suggested above, and visit Donegal from there which is beautiful, only not so green and lush as further south.

Anne

Eagle Point at Ballylicky which is just north of Bantry is a beautiful site.

Flemmings White Bridge at Killarney is also A1 in all respects

And for when you go up to County Mayo, it would have to be Knock Caravan Park for me, this must be the cleanest site that I have ever seen.

I would also suggest a night at Camac Park, Dublin, for the night before you get the ferry, that is of course if you are sailing from one of  the two Dublin ports 

I do not know if they are still bookable through the Caravan Club. 

From Dublin, the second time, we drove to Roscrea, about 90 miles and stopped for 1 night on the site there. Personally I don't like Camac, or Dublin for that matter but each to their own.

Anne

Hi, Thanks for all your replys. I have just had the info and prices for killarney and they are very high at 41Euros a night for a family of 4 plus awning.

I think i shall try some of your other alternatives.

Once again thanks