re: Ireland with kids

Flew to Ireland with my one-year-old niece last august. It will be really really cold in Thanksgiving. Keep in mind flying overseas with that many kids in wintertime you will need a lot of bags and if you rent a car the cars in Ireland are small. So rent the biggest vehicle available, but also know the roads in Ireland are small especially if you get out to the countryside. Expect a few white-knuckle experiences when driving on the other side of the road.

Belfast was a lovely town I would drive up there and spend two or three days. Giants causeway is close as well. Theres some bus tours that we took my one-year-old niece on from there to visit several of the sites. I would recommend that instead of driving yourself to the sites up there.

Dublin great city. I would get a hotel downtown, So you can walk/ stroller everywhere. A hotel on or near St. Stephens green would be ideal. Walking distance to Grafton Street where all the nice shops and restaurants are. This area is also where several of the museums are as well as Trinity College.

Galway is definitely another city to spend a few nights if you can make it, and if you stay there you can make a quick trip to the cliffs of moher a must stop. (Note. Cliffs of Moher will be ver very cold this time of year with the breeze/wind off the Atlantic)