I also recommend using a route planner tool to help you plan out the best itinerary. Looking for a suggestion? Our favorite city was Galway — full of music, night life and pubs to check out. As you leave Galway, I suggest a quick stop at Dungaire Castle, before heading over to the Cliffs of Moher for a beautiful hike! We love taking road trips all throughout Europe and have a small list of things we bring along to make our trip better. Here are our favorite picks:.
Opinions might differ on this, so the answer here is — it depends. Ask yourself, are you ok with sticking to just the bigger cities, or do you prefer to see the smaller towns, villages, and sites along the way? Are you an independent traveler or ok with tagging along in a large group?
The transportation system in Ireland operates much like a hub-and-spoke system. In order to get to the smaller cities, you will have to connect through Dublin each time.
This takes up a great deal of your precious travel time if you are interested in spending time in the countryside. Looking for ideas? Check out this itinerary for 2 days in Dublin! Great tips! I was in Ireland last fall and the last time I had been there the hubs did the driving. This time I was on my own and surprisingly I found it quite easy to stay on the left side of the road.
What got me, was the hairpin turns with no view. I always forget that AAA gives out maps for free. Thanks for the reminder! I probably could have figured it out if necessary, but he loves driving and me not so much…. Haha not just for Americans I think your tips are valid for most people. Having read many such posts, I was quite apprehensive about several things — especially driving on the left I live in Dubai and we drive on the right side here as well as well as the narrow roads I read about.
However, driving in Ireland was an absolute pleasure except in Dublin city, as you right also mention. The roads were narrow but people were amazing and patient.
And driving on the left hardly took me a day to get used to! You have covered A to Z of everything one might need to know before making their trip in Ireland. Really great and informative post. I have driven in France, that was fine after the initial scare of driving not in North America for the first time. But I have yet to drive on the left.
Great overall tips! Thank you! This is a lovely guide for Americans wanting to travel by car in Ireland. I live between Italy and the UK, so am very used to driving on the left side of the road! A car phone charger is very handy too!
A road trip around Ireland has always been in our bucket list. Very beautiful country with amazing scenes and avenues for outdoor adventure. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. By Natalie Kennedy. Natalie Kennedy. Natalie Kennedy has been a travel writer and editor for more than 10 years. She covers Ireland for TripSavvy and currently lives in Rome.
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This one should be a given but bears repeating no matter where you are. Ireland has finally got serious after years of turning a blind eye to drinking and driving and, yes, the cops are quite frequently out and about, manning checkpoints, etc.
But more importantly, you need all your wits about you when driving on unfamiliar roads, in an unfamiliar car, on the wrong side of the road among people with different habits, etc. Save that pint of Guinness or shot of Jameson for when you reach your final destination for the day. Read more: Kerry and the Wild Atlantic Way tours. Traveling to Ireland in Are you hoping or planning to travel to Ireland this year?
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