Ireland travel guide

Before you go to Ireland

Dublin Ireland's vibrant capital straddles the mouth of the River Liffey on the east coast — a city of Georgian elegance, Viking heritage,…
Killarney Ireland's most visited inland town sits at the northern edge of Killarney National Park — 103 square kilometres of ancient sessile oak…
Galway Ireland's most spirited city, tucked at the foot of Connemara at the head of Galway Bay, possesses an energy and bohemian character…
Cork Ireland's rebellious second city sits on a marshy island at the head of one of the world's great natural harbours — a place fiercely proud…
Dingle Dingle (An Daingean in Irish) is a small fishing town on the end of the most dramatic peninsula in Ireland — a 50 km finger of sea-sculpted…
Kilkenny The Marble City — named for the distinctive dark limestone quarried here since medieval times — is one of Ireland's finest historic cities:…
Ennis The bustling market town of Ennis is the capital of County Clare and the most convenient base for the Cliffs of Moher — Ireland's most…
Limerick Once synonymous with urban grittiness, Limerick has reinvented itself as a dynamic, confident city — European Capital of Culture 2014, and…
Waterford Ireland's oldest city, founded by Vikings in 914 CE as Veðrafjörðr, wears its millennium of heritage with justifiable pride. The Viking…
Sligo William Butler Yeats — Ireland's greatest poet and Nobel laureate — grew up in Sligo. The flat-topped limestone mountain of Benbulben (526…