Ireland with kids

Four kids with one under two sounds like a lot for Dublin. However, get out of the City and Ireland is a beautiful country with wonderful people. If your family enjoys history and outdoor activities, go for it. Again, I would limit my time in the city and might skip it altogether with the exception of the airport. I would fly into Dublin, rent a van, and head south and west. First stop might be Glendalough for some light hiking in the Wicklow mountains. Just west of there you would Kilkenny which is an awesome small town that little ones could walk the street with you and not get completely worn out. After that, Rock of Cashel was very interesting for a day trip and then you could head slight north to Limerick with some cool family friendly attractions and a great "old city". I would then head west to Doolin for a visit to the Cliffs of Mohr. Finally, head South to Dingle for a few nights as it is a great little town with an amazing coast. You could do 1-2 nights in each of these places and stretch Dingle to 3 nights for a great 10 day trip.

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)

I think Ireland is a great trip for the family. We took our 2 kids last summer, ages 9&10. Taking 4 including one under 2 is a little tougher logistically.

As someone said, you will need a large vehicle to carry your luggage, but anything too large and you will have trouble getting around, parking, etc. Try to get an automatic if possible.

We enjoyed our trip immensely. We landed in Dublin and left that day and stayed 2 nights each in Galway, Dingle, Killarney, and Dublin. Dublin was by far our least favorite. The countryside and the people are wonderful. Try to find a few old castles/stone forts to stop during your drives.
The Cliffs of Moher are awesome, it will be cold and windy as hell.
We took a jaunting car through the Gap of Dunloe one afternoon. Very cool experience.

If you don't mind answering how much is this trip costing? I have 4 all under 10 and we have been talking about a Europe trip but always dismiss it as just costing too much. I am pushing Europe over Disney.

Flights are pretty inexpensive right now. We haven’t priced out anything else yet.