<human>: My wife and I will be traveling to Ireland for 2 weeks this June. We are flying round trip to/from Dublin along with our 2 teenage daughters. 

We will be renting a car and enjoy traveling slowly to soak up the culture and the scenery. We would like to hike, go whale watching, see castles and other historic sites, maybe a trip to the Aran Islands, and generally just enjoy ourselves in the small towns. Ideally, we'd like to stay in a few different locations for at least 3 nights each. Can anyone recommend some places to base ourselves out of that will have enough to see and do for 3 or 4 days (or more)? I know we want to hit the Dingle Peninsula (and potentially avoid the ring of Kerry with all the tourists, but I'm open to going there too if it's really worth a visit). 

Also, we've heard/read on several occasions that the "real" Ireland is outside of Dublin and that there isn't much to see there. I'm okay with avoiding it altogether if there is enough to fill up the two weeks outside of Dublin.

Can you give me a shortened version of the text?
<bot>: Looking for a few good places to base ourselves out of in Ireland for 3-4 days at a time during our two week stay.