Killarney could be a good spot for a bike trip with a tour around the Ring of Kerry. There is some spectacular scenery, when it stops raining. The people are very friendly and the pubs are good but booze is very expensive. Plenty of good restaurants around.
I am also planning to go to Scotland for a week and i heard that the way from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh is the most scenic among all. Is it better to take a train than coach (citylink) in respect to the scenery on the way? Coach seems cheaper though.
I have contacted my Travel Guide and a US national newspaper who also has a great travel section, hoping that between the two I can get a greater sense of where I want to go. I was online for about 5 hours yesterday cutting and pasting various locales in Scotland to see.
I even found a webpage that sells DVD's pretty cheap that offer first hand accounts and video to offer a great sense of what I can expect when I finally arrive.
Looking at the website provided on Globosapiens also provided some great information from all the fee stuff available to the best bars and restaurants.