I am going to Ireland in midmarch..budget trip, going to ct offaly where my gggf was from. probably clonmacnoise area. i can not find cheap cheap accomodations in clonmacnoise..have a great whole apartment reserved in birr but i can not figure out transportation. it seems eurail pass should work between galway and/or dublin and it seems they do go there daily. Can anyone confirm. i have been googling. i don't mind several hours of trains per day as long as i could just show my pass like in england. i don't want to plan out the trip too much in advance...depends on genealogy sources, weather, etc. i am going to reserve some refundable room in galway and have refundable in birr...can i do all this on a rail pass? i am getting conflicting messages from google and it probably will be off season still..although it will include st. patrick's day.