Southern or northern part of Ireland for an interrail trip?
hello everyone!
me and my friend (both early 20s) are planning to interrail in ireland in the beginning of september. we are planning to start off or end our trip in dublin and going to galway as well, but except for that we are a bit torn.
since the trip won’t be very long (probably around 10 days, maybe a bit more?) and we don’t want to spend too much time traveling, we want to focus on either the southern or the northern part of the island.
if we choose the southern part we’ve thought about visiting dingle, cork and killarney for example. in the northern part of the republic or ireland, plus some parts of northern ireland we’ve looked at visiting sligo, belfast, derry, seeing the giants causeway etc. we are also looking at maybe visiting county mayo.
we want to see the beautiful nature and scenery of ireland, possibly visit some beautiful forest, see some cliffs and see some historical sights, like old ruins of some sort.
what would you guys recommend? do you think the more southern route or the more northern route would be better? and what are the pros and cons of each route?
thanks for the help!
TLDR: looking for tips for interrailing ireland, and choosing between the southern part of the republic of ireland OR the northern part of the republic or ireland and northern ireland:)