Back from Ireland with photos of Fitzpatrick Castle Holiday Homes

[vinolover Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close vinolover]

We spent the week of November 24th at Fitzpatrick Castle Holiday Homes just outside of Dublin (our second exchange into this RCI resort). It was just as great as the first time. Last time (in 2005) we took my bro and sis-in-law and stayed in a two bedroom unit. This time it was just us so we stayed in a one bedroom unit. Click on the link below for the photos. This is a wonderful area and I highly recommend Fitzpatrick Castle!

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Thanks so much for sharing the pictures! I'm glad you had a great time and it sounds like you'll be going back!

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

Thanks for sharing the photos....my favorite feature in the kitchen was the wine!

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Dublin- Grafton Street at Christmas time....Wow, chandeliers with wings. I'm impressed.


Great pics, thanks for sharing!!

[vinolover Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close vinolover]

Thanks for sharing the photos....my favorite feature in the kitchen was the wine!

Marks and Spencer on Grafton Street has a good wine selection. Also note the bottle of Jameson's whisky in the kitchen . There is a good off-license (wine and liquor store) on Castle Street in Dalkey with very friendly helpful staff.

Speaking of bottles, they now offer recycling at the apartments. Bins for paper and cans are in the parking lot. No plastic recycling unfortunately. No glass bins either but if you leave your bottles and jars on the counter when you check out they will recycle those for you.

[vinolover Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close vinolover]

Dublin- Grafton Street at Christmas time....Wow, chandeliers with wings. I'm impressed.


Great pics, thanks for sharing!!

Those chandeliers were incredibly beautiful! The most festive street in Dublin.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

FWIW this from an RCI insider: the resort in Dublin is, as far as I know, gone, not longer in RCI.

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

I sure would love to see the pics of the surrounding scenery. Do you have them somewhere we can see them? shaggy

[vinolover Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close vinolover]

FWIW this from an RCI insider: the resort in Dublin is, as far as I know, gone, not longer in RCI.

Wow, do you have any details about this? What exchange company is taking it over? It is still listed on the RCI website directory. There are only 9 timeshare units and the other people we spoke to had also exchanged with RCI. Plus Beverley who works for the Fitzpatrick Holiday Homes spoke only of RCI traders into the place.

We loved our two trades into this place but next time we go to Ireland we would spend more time in other parts of the country and less in the Dublin area.

[vinolover Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close vinolover]

I sure would love to see the pics of the surrounding scenery. Do you have them somewhere we can see them? shaggy

I do have another website where I post "vacation" photos separate from the timeshare photos. Most of my family and friends don't want to see the details of the units such as what the bathroom looked like so I have two photo sites.

I'm in the process of getting those other photos organized so I'll post that site when I'm done.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Wow, do you have any details about this? What exchange company is taking it over? It is still listed on the RCI website directory. There are only 9 timeshare units and the other people we spoke to had also exchanged with RCI. Plus Beverley who works for the Fitzpatrick Holiday Homes spoke only of RCI traders into the place.

We loved our two trades into this place but next time we go to Ireland we would spend more time in other parts of the country and less in the Dublin area.

I own at Fitzpatrick's and haven't heard of any changes...but would love this to also be able to trade with II.

[gophish Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close gophish]

Nice pics thanks for sharing them.
Glad you had a good time, looks like it would be fun to visit there.
I have never been to Ireland but it is on my much much too long short list.

[vinolover Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close vinolover]

I sure would love to see the pics of the surrounding scenery. Do you have them somewhere we can see them? shaggy

Now I have an album of other photos of the area we visited around Dublin. You can view it here if you wish.

We didn't do too much touring on this trip since we spent some time in the west and in Cashel on our previous trip to Ireland. This time we focused just on a few things we missed on our first trip to Dublin plus a tour to Newgrange and the Wild Wicklow tour. Mostly we soaked up the atmosphere in Dublin and tried out a number of beautiful old pubs.

[Ireland's Call Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ireland's Call]

Great photos ...glad you enjoyed.
G