Driving in Ireland: Routes & Itineraries for 2018

Car Rental Ireland is an Irish owned company, based in Dublin City offering luxury car rentals in Ireland. These Luxury car hires can be made through our online booking service. We provide informational guides on Irish destinations, activites and, attractions for your holiday planning & resources.

To date, Ireland has received over 20 million visitors from North America, Pacific, and Europe, this year. Impressive number!

Cliffs of Moher attraction alone has received over 1.5 million visitors this year and The Guinness Storehouse attraction has received more than 1.6 million visitors.

Wild Atlantic Way and the Giant’s Causeway routes have been listed among best drives in the world in Lonely Planet’s list of 50 ‘Epic Drives of the World’.

One main reason Ireland has been getting a lot of visitors is an expression of the love for exploring and experiencing everything Ireland has to offer. For a small country, Ireland has it all – natural sights, countless road trips, 5000year old history trails, and adventure sports.

Driving in Ireland for the first time can make you nervous with left/right of the road differences and not knowing where to go however getting familiar with local road rules and planning your trip itinerary will go far, and make your trip more enjoyable.

Ireland offers a lot of driving routes all over to suit your tastes whether that may be natural locations, culture or history even.

Based on our findings through the customer tourist survey, we have put together a list of the best locations that are highly recommended to see on your first trip to Ireland by car. To take a step further, we have arranged them by regions to help you focus your attention on the areas.

To learn more about these driving routes in Ireland, click on a route to take you to a full route information page. These route pages will be complete with locations, pictures, maps, and an itinerary.