Day 1: Galway to Cashel in Tipperary via the N24 through Limerick county and the wonderfully named Oola (I think I would actually move here just so this could be my address).
Day 2: Several hours spent wandering around the Rock of Cashel before heading back on the N24 through Clonmel and over to Waterford city, down to the Passage East ferry which brought us to Ballyhack in Wexford, and further down to Duncannon and the seaside.
Day 3: A tour of Hook Head lighthouse at the tip of the Hook Peninsula, and a jaunt around the peninsula, taking in Dollar Bay, Fethard-on-Sea and Grange Strand.
Day 4: Duncannon to New Ross (R733) to Kilkenny city (R700 through the villages of Inistioge and Thomastown) for hot chocolate and scones and a gander, and on up to Portlaoise (N77) and Tullamore (N80) before joining the M6 west to Galway at Kilbeggan.