Somewhere open to stopover

Heading down to Sneem on 22nd December.
Could bomb down, but would prefer to stop over in the Midlands somewhere.
Any suggestions?
Not into wild camping, or expensive campsites.
Thanks in advance.

Camac valley campsite on N 7 leaving Dublin or Moneygall services J 23 on the M7 ( wildcamping but quite safe ,park up at the rear of the carpark ) there is not much else at this time of year in the midlands

We love this spot.

forum/index.php?mode=camping&submode=viewcamp&id=120

Thanks for all the suggestions.
Have looked at JJF & Eirebus suggestions & either looks about halfway, so could work.
Also considered TFC option which might be a runner.
Need to look at Ally's to see location.
Might be better at home if this crap weather stays, but Bessie needs a run out too.
Will let you know.
In the meantime, you all have a great Christmas & New Year.

Nice spot Arthur.
Might be quiet but at least you are behind a gate.

Can't have him annoying the locals. LOL

Have you arrived in sneem

Hi guys, been out of circulation for a while.
Didn't all go to plan.
Arrived Roosky. Yes nice spot. Would be better in spring/summer. Only ones there, so quiet & no, we didn't annoy the locals.
They are a very friendly bunch. Felt safe behind the locked gate.
Glad we had hookup & glad we took the small oil filled heater we bought in Home Bargains with us, otherwise we would have been frozen.

Blow heating took the battery down very quickly.
Battery charger not working off ehu. Charged no problem when vehicle running, but we could not effectively run the van heating.

We stayed 2 nights in Roosky as planned, but decided, as we were told no facilities in Sneem over the winter, we would not risk going further & having to slum it when we have a perfectly nice home in Carrickfergus.

We headed home & i am in the process of sorting out on board charger, solar panel, & 2 leisure batteries.

Questions:
Does the solar panel charge via the solar controller, then the psu on board, then to the batteries, or direct to the batteries via the solar controller?
I only have room for one leisure battery in its current location. I could fit an additional one above it, but that is inside the van, in under seating storage. Is this a safe position, as I have read that charging batteries give off hydrogen gas?

I am hoping that if we have all this, we will not be caught out again.

Thanks JJF.
I feel like a non driving motorhoming disaster atm. We have had so many problems. But still learning big time.
Have a guy sorting the on board charger on Monday. Should've done it sooner.

Just a bit concerned about connecting it all up, as some posts have stated install the controller as close to the battery as possible & my battery location is as far away from cable entry into vehicle as it can get & closest location is about 2M, but my ideal location would be close to entry into van which would be about 6M cable run.

We had this controls on a van where solar was retro fitted.
It was very clear to read.

http://www.photonicuniverse.co…achts.html

Thanks again guys for all the advise.
MPPT is recommended & is the way I plan to go.
I can't do anything now til the new year as everywhere is closed, but need to decide quickly so that I can have everything installed for 14th.
Fingers crossed.