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Our Ireland Adventure: Newgrange, the National Museum, and Our Last Full Day in Ireland

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  Our Ireland Adventure: Newgrange, the National Museum, and Our Last Full Day in Ireland Every trip has a last full day, and after all our adventures around Ireland, ours was another day packed with history, learning, and a few things we wished we'd had time to do! We spent the day exploring Newgrange and the National Museum of Ireland before returning to Dublin, dropping off our rental cars, and settling in for our final night at the Hilton Dublin Airport. By this point, we had seen so much of Ireland, but there was still plenty to learn. One of the things I loved most about this trip was how many opportunities we had to connect what we were seeing with what we had been studying at home. Stepping Back in Time at Newgrange Newgrange was one of our final big historical stops, and it was a fitting place to spend part of our last full day. A heads-up for parents planning a visit: set aside about three hours for the guided tour. This isn't a quick stop where you pop out, take a f...