The Printed Edit · N° 08
A family week with teens, in print.
Deborah Nunez, Editor
Cliff edges and cold swims. This is the Ireland week we book for families whose kids are old enough to be out the door first.
“Saved by families looking for a more active Ireland week.”
Families travelling with older kids and teens.
Connemara · Burren · Dingle · Cork
Teenagers are the easiest people to travel with in Ireland and the hardest to plan for badly. They will walk a cliff path for two hours without complaint and lose an entire afternoon to a third historic house.
This edition trades interiors for coastline. Surf, cliff walks, sea kayaking, one round of links golf, and evenings in rooms where a sixteen year old is not the only person under forty.
The weather is not an obstacle in this book. It is the schedule.
Deborah Nunez, Editor
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Volume I · Seven days, four bases, one wetsuit each · 13 pages
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p. 5Two plans a day, decided at breakfast.
Every day in this edition has a bright version and a wet version, and you choose at breakfast rather than in February. That single habit is the difference between an active week and a frustrated one.
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p. 6Diamond Hill, the bog roads, and the Atlantic at Dog's Bay.
Diamond Hill before the buses is the best two hours of walking in the west and it is genuinely achievable for a family. Dog's Bay is the swim.
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p. 7Doolin, Lahinch, and the coast path nobody queues for.
The cliff path from Doolin gives you the same view as the visitor centre with none of the car park, and Lahinch is the surf lesson that turns the week around.
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p. 8Slea Head on foot, cold water, and music that runs late.
Two nights on the peninsula. Walk Slea Head rather than only driving it, swim at Coumeenoole if the sea allows, and let the last night run long in a room with music in it.
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p. 9The golf day, if there is a golfer in the family.
Lahinch is the right family links because the club is relaxed, the round is fun rather than punishing, and the village absorbs everyone who is not playing.
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p. 10A city that works for teenagers, and a market lunch.
End in Cork. It is a young city, the food is better than Dublin's at the mid price point, and the airport is fifteen minutes from the centre.
The stays we would book ourselves for this edition, and the one line that explains why each is here.
Rivers, woods and a hotel that expects wet boots.
The quiet Clare base, with the coast twenty minutes away.
Smaller, older, and closer to the water.
The city close, walkable to the market.
For the last two nights if you want the harbour.
An active week here is decided at breakfast, not in advance. Keep two plans a day, put the wetsuits in the car, and let the coast set the pace.
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