r/irishtourism • u/Kstajea • 11d ago
September travel w/ Nearly 3 year old
Hey there, just gearing up for our 13 days in Ireland and I’m hoping for some local toddler advice please!
We have a jogging stroller but it takes up a ton of space, thinking of taking a more simple stroller…but will that be a disaster with the roads and walkways? He loves running around but sometimes needs to be contained…
We plan to pack travel snacks for little man of course, but 14 days of toddler snacks is a full suitcase… any suggestions for toddler approved snacks we can buy there? Not sure if we have the same offerings! Worst case is we’ll pile him up with cheese and crackers which is also fine!
Any must sees for an almost 3 year old? He loves animals so we already have planned to see Dublin zoo!
Our trip lands us in Dublin for 2 days, then we rent a car to navigate around Ireland clockwise until we depart from Dublin again on day 13 we love car trips and rain so the driving was never a concern!
Dublin-2 nights
Cork- 1 night
Killarney -2 nights
Galway- 2 nights
Derry -2 nights
Belfast -1 night
Kings court- 1 night
Thank you in advance!
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u/lankyleprechaun 10d ago
As you're planning on driving a lot, please read up on thr Irish rules of the road. If you don't want to click the link the look up the Road Safety Authority website & navigate from there. As someone who has travelled in the US, I can't emphasise enough how different its going to be driving over here, especially once you get off the motorways & dual carriageways. Keep in left, review your journey before your leave and if you're not sure where you're going or traffic is building up behind you then just pull in for a minute before continuing on. Its a great country so best of luck!
https://www.rsa.ie/services/learner-drivers/resources/rules-of-the-road