We did a loop for our honeymoon many years ago that was Edinburgh -> Stirling -> Belfast -> A castle you can stay at reasonably in the middle of Ireland (Kinnitty) -> Cork -> Dublin -> York -> Edinburgh.
We planned to go further north in Scotland, but there was so damn much to see near Stirling that we never made it. You can buy these national park pass like things that let you in all the castles their parks service oversees. Renting a car is a must, as tons of them are off on their own. Every day was castles, pub, castles, pub, bed. It was awesome. Stirling was a great base, and a neat small city as the former capital of Scotland.
Belfast was festinating. Go walk through The Falls and Shankill Road. This is something that wouldn't have been a good idea in the 80s, and now is totally safe but still gives a good glimpse into The Troubles. The Giants Causeway was super cool to check out in the area as well.
Ireland was great, but we also lucked out and had blue skies the whole time. The Cliffs of Moher were gorgeous. Tons and tons of nice towns all over the place (Kilkenny, Limerick etc).
We skipped through Wales, just had lunch there, so can't comment on what we missed out on. I loved York. The old centre is OLD. Everything is leaning and ancient and it was super cool.
Have fun! I plan on a do-over of that trip at some point, it was great.
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