Belmullet Forum: Sat Navs in Ireland and Wales

I used my Garmin GPS (Nuvi) in Ireland twice now - and it has been relatively flawless. The first time it took me through Dublin and to the west - visiting Kilkenny, Waterford, Cashel, Kinsale, Killarney, Dingle, Doolin, and Galway - the second time we spent two weeks in Dingle / Doolin and doing day trips.

No problems at all on rural roads . . .

We used our own Garmin Nuvi and had purchased an Ireland SD card for it on EBAY. We found it to be extremely helpful. We used it along with our maps and AA atlas. The Garmin did very well in the countryside and even knew the cowpaths. Signage can be good to non-existent depending where you are in Ireland. Traveling would have been much harder without the GPS.

We also brought our netbook with us so that we could call and skype with our children and grandchildren. We also used it, of course, to keep up with email and send pictures via the SD card in our camera with the netbook.

We also had an unlocked phone which we purchased an Ireland SIM card. We used this to call B&B's and to receive incoming calls from family. Most of the B&Bs that we stayed at had WiFi.

I would love an iPad and when it ever gets a video camera, I will replace the netbook with it, but for the time being and for the cost,if video conferencing is important to you, the netbook works greatgreat. We even walked around with it.. so the family could see the parts of Ireland that we were in. These are just some thoughts that worked for us for 3 weeks traveling around Ireland.

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