The Ireland guide for people who want to drive it
The whole island — Republic and North. Real drive times, the hour to leave by, and honest answers about which famous stops aren’t worth your afternoon.
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The 14-Day Ireland Itinerary
The whole island in one loop, with drive times and the hours to leave by. Printable, and yours for an email address — no card, unsubscribe any time.
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The Ultimate Ireland Travel Guide
All 32 counties, the Wild Atlantic Way in six drivable stages, three Dublin walking tours, and a full chapter on tracing your Irish roots. 2026 edition.
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Why this one
- It doesn’t stop at the border. Most Ireland guides skip the North. The best week here usually crosses it — Causeway Coast, Dunluce, Belfast.
- Timing, not just sights. Every tour bus drives the Ring of Kerry anticlockwise. Leave at eight instead of ten and you stay ahead of them all day.
- We say what to skip. The Blarney Stone queue. Killarney town in July. Trying to do Kerry and Dingle in one day.
- Written for people coming home. If your family left Ireland a generation or four ago, there’s a chapter on finding the townland they left from.
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