gawa316 , Are you going to be travelling down the coast or are you just looking to stay in one spot? Assuming you're starting from the North you should really check out bundoran. Plenty on the board might slag it as a tourist destination, but for you, you can camp on the dunes or on the cliffs at tullan strand and the waves are pretty good. (Claimed to be among the best in Europe) and there’s plenty of drinking spots.
I’ve been down quite a bit over the last two months and its been real good. 6-7ft on tullan. Probably pretty good off the main beach aswell, but i’m too shit (& scared) to surf it!
The only problem with the twelfth week is that there’ll be a lot of spides from Belfast about the town, which i’d say you wouldn’t be too comfortable with, but they wouldn’t be about tullan. The bridge bar is a good surfers bar, great craic but doesn’t fill up til 11.30 at earliest at night – spides/celtic jersey wearing people don’t get in.
http://www.maddensbridgebar.com/Bundoran’s a good place to use as a base, good beaches further south in Sligo and some just north.
The best thing bundoran has going for it is the waves , but I suppose if you’re taking a week you may aswell go a bit further down when you’ve got the chance. Lahinch is supposed to be next best/better than bundoran.
I was only intending to write a short post, hope it helps anyway
