https://irelandtravel.com/ The island-wide travel portal for Ireland and Northern Ireland: twelve destination guides, tours and tickets, itineraries, getting around, when to go and where to stay. en https://irelandtravel.com/tours/ https://irelandtravel.com/tours/ The best tours and tickets in Ireland and Northern Ireland, ranked and grouped by destination: Cliffs of Moher and Giant’s Causeway day trips, Guinness Storehouse tickets, Belfast taxi tours and multi-day rail tours. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/itineraries/ https://irelandtravel.com/itineraries/ Four realistic Ireland itineraries for 5, 7, 10 and 14 days, with sensible driving times, public-transport alternatives and links to every destination guide. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/getting-there/ https://irelandtravel.com/getting-there/ How to get to Ireland and Northern Ireland and travel around: airports, ferries from Britain and France, Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Translink, the Leap Card, driving on the left and car-hire insurance pitfalls. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/travel-guide/ https://irelandtravel.com/travel-guide/ Practical Ireland travel guide: entry and visa rules for the Republic and Northern Ireland (UK ETA), euro and sterling, costs, tipping, pub and trad-music etiquette, safety, connectivity, health and packing. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/when-to-go/ https://irelandtravel.com/when-to-go/ The best time to visit Ireland and Northern Ireland: weather and daylight month by month, crowds and prices by season, and an events calendar from St Patrick’s Festival to the Cork Jazz Festival. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/where-to-stay/ https://irelandtravel.com/where-to-stay/ Where to stay in Ireland and Northern Ireland: the best bases compared and hand-picked hotels in Dublin, Galway, Killarney, Dingle, Cork, Kilkenny, Belfast, the Causeway Coast, Donegal and more. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/dublin/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/dublin/ Ireland’s capital is compact, talkative and best explored on foot: a thousand years of history between the Liffey quays, Georgian squares and some of Europe’s most storied pubs. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/galway-connemara/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/galway-connemara/ A festive harbour city of buskers, oysters and late-night sessions, and the gateway to Connemara’s empty mountains and the stone-walled Aran Islands. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/cliffs-of-moher-burren/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/cliffs-of-moher-burren/ Eight kilometres of sheer cliff rising over 200 metres from the Atlantic, backed by the strange grey limestone hills of the Burren — the west coast’s great set piece. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/killarney-ring-of-kerry/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/killarney-ring-of-kerry/ Ireland’s original holiday town, set between three lakes and the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, and the starting point for the country’s most famous scenic drive. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/dingle-peninsula/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/dingle-peninsula/ Fifty kilometres of mountain and coastline pushing into the Atlantic, with an Irish-speaking heartland, some of Ireland’s densest archaeology and a small town that knows how to enjoy itself. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/cork-kinsale/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/cork-kinsale/ A confident, hilly city built on an island in the River Lee, surrounded by one of the world’s great natural harbours and some of Ireland’s best food. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/kilkenny-ancient-east/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/kilkenny-ancient-east/ Ireland’s best-preserved medieval city, and the natural base for the east and south-east: Glendalough, the Rock of Cashel, Newgrange and Viking Waterford. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/belfast/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/belfast/ The capital of Northern Ireland — part of the United Kingdom — is a red-brick Victorian port that built the Titanic, lived through the Troubles and has reinvented itself as one of these islands’ most interesting city breaks. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/causeway-coast/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/causeway-coast/ Northern Ireland’s north coast: a UNESCO-listed pavement of basalt columns, a rope bridge over a sea chasm, clifftop ruins and long surf beaches, all within 30 km of each other. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/donegal/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/donegal/ The most northerly county in Ireland and the least visited of its great coastal landscapes: big cliffs, bare mountains, Irish-speaking glens and beaches you may have to yourself. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/sligo-mayo/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/sligo-mayo/ The quiet middle of the Wild Atlantic Way: table mountains and megalithic tombs in Sligo, and in Mayo a holy mountain, Ireland’s largest island and one of its most likeable towns. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/limerick-shannon/ https://irelandtravel.com/destinations/limerick-shannon/ The Shannon region is where many transatlantic visitors first set foot in Ireland: a riverside city with a great Norman castle, flanked by a banqueting tower house and one of the country’s prettiest villages. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT