What to pack While In Ireland?
May 12th, 2002, 12:04 PM
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Jeans, if you like to wear them. Two pairs of good walking shoes (athletic shoes okay... maybe a darker pair) so one pair can dry out. Layer with shirts and sweaters. Lightweight rain jacket and good umbrella. Nothing too dressy or un-practical. Good map of Ireland if you're driving.
May 12th, 2002, 02:01 PM
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Invest in a good raincoat with a hood. I don't take jeans because they take too long to dry. Instead, I take a few pairs of dark pants, short sleeve and long sleeve T-shirts or turtlenecks, and a sweater or fleece pullover. Layering is good because the weather's so changeable. I always take a skirt, but never wear it. Ireland is pretty casual.
May 12th, 2002, 02:33 PM
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It rains on the west coast of Ireland for 9% of the time and on the east coast for 6% of the time.Mostly the rain is quite light and rarely of the Florida variety.Showers are common lasting a short time and thunderstorms are rare.Occasionally you get rain for a whose day.On avaerage some rain falls for 200 days every year.
May 12th, 2002, 03:00 PM
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Just came home on May 10th, spent 10 days touring Ireland. We lucked out and only had rain on 2 of the days for about an hr. each. They told us it had stormed for 3 days steady before we got there. <BR>Take jeans as most everyone wears them, tourist and locals. Sweat shirt, green color, a rainproof slicker with hood, some long sleeve ts and hiking boots are always good for the walking, I didn't take mine because of the weight but about half the people had them for the daytime walking. Wear them over is the best way, you can take them off on the plane. <BR>Ireland is very casual, even in the hotel dining rooms that we stayed most people just had the same thing on that they used in the day, there were a few that changed but most didn't. <BR>Irish people are very friendly and helpful, also have a wit about them.<BR>Roads are very rough and narrow, a few roads around Dublin are good but thats about it for roads.<BR>They are all crazy about their Guiness and talk about it as if it were something of a national effort to drink it. I liked the Harps better myself, a little lighter and not bitter.<BR>If you are flying on Aer Lingus, take your own food, the meals are just rotten. Drinks flow freely so with enough wine maybe you can eat the food.<BR>Have a wonderful time and enjoy the Irish people, they are some of the best of any country I have been to.<BR>Buck
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May 13th, 2002, 01:00 PM
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Hi<BR>The advice about layers I agree with. We were there at the end of June and had a variety of weather. Sometimes a cotton short sleeve shirt was enough and sometimes that was underneath a fleece pullover and a rainjacket! We didn't have much rain though.<BR>May I suggest a pair of those small stretchy gloves that can be purchased for a couple of dollars in a dept. store. They are small and take up practically no room in bag or pocket. The one time I needed them I was glad to have them!<BR>Have a wonderful trip!
