I'll horn in on OP's thread, although I don't have any advice since I've only been to Dublin for a long weekend on one occasion. We're taking our adult kids on an 11 day graduation trip at the end of May with a somewhat similar route to OP's. We have a rental car reserved for a week of the trip and already have the Airbnbs and B&Bs booked. Other than getting the lodging reserved, I've tried to keep the schedule open to do whatever we want whenever we want. Here's a breakdown of the planned schedule:
Day 1 - Leave Austin
Day 2 - Arrive Dublin, stay at Kelly's Hotel near Temple Bar
Will probably just wander town, hit the Guinness Storehouse and multiple pubs
Day 3 - Leave Dublin, drive to Kenmare, stay at Airbnb across the river from town
Plan to stop at Glendalough and Rock of Cashel en route. This will be a long drive day
Day 4 - Kenmare
May golf or drive parts of Beara Peninsula. Girls may do spa at Park Hotel Kenmare
Day 5 - Leave Kenmare, drive to Dingle, stay at Pax Guest House
Plan is to stop in Killarney and take the boat ride through the lakes and then bike the Gap of Dunloe
Pub crawl in Dingle
Day 6 - Dingle
If weather is nice, will probably take boat to Blasket Islands with hope of seeing whales/basking sharks
If weather isn't nice, will probably take Slea Head drive
More pubs at night
Day 6 - Leave Dingle, drive to Galway, stay at Airbnb near docks
Day 7 & 8 -Galway
No real plans here other than to eat and drink well. Ireland/US friendly will be going on in Dublin one night, so plan to hit a pub to watch that.
Day 9 - Train to Dublin, stay at Airbnb upstairs of the Dame Tavern
Suspect my liver will be hurting by now. No specific plans other than to wander town
Day 10 - Dublin
Maybe golf in morning
LCD Soundsystem show at Malahide Castle on our final night in Ireland
Day 11 - Fly back to Midland
I'm really fired up about this trip!