Road Trip Around Ireland

In January I had the pleasure of doing a road trip around Ireland with my honey. I thought it was about time I shared some pictures, told some stories and let you in on a few places you should definitely get to if you go!

Renting A Car

We decided pretty early on that the best way to get around Ireland was by car, be warned however, as we discovered renting a car is not so easy when you’re under 25. A little back story, after having so many things go wrong throughout our travels we wanted to make sure everything would go smoothly. So pre-booked our rental car a couple of weeks before we flew out, wanting to be extra organised. We touch down in Dublin, beyond excited, only to arrive at the desk and be told we couldn’t collect our car.
Thomas: “Why can’t we get the car, we’ve pre-booked, it’s already been organised?” Car Rental: “You’re under 25” Thomas: “But I had to enter all my details? I literally had to put my date of birth in?!” Car Rental: “Yeah sorry about that, we really need to get that fixed”.

Sorry what?

Sitting on the ground feeling completely defeated that yet again something had gone completely wrong, I cried my eyes out, while Thomas attempted to fix the situation. With only one company allowing us to hire a car, and without a choice, we paid $800 to hire a car for 4 days. Kill me now. Lesson is, MAKE SURE YOU CAN HIRE A CAR!

Where To Go

Ireland has so much to offer, beautiful countryside as green as green could be. We honestly wished we had more time, it was easily one of our favourite places and I’d happily allow a week to a week and a half to get around. Alas we only had 4 days. Here are a few places that we had on our list:

Kilmainham Gaol – Dublin
The Temple Bar – Dublin
Bray Head Cliff Walk
Glendalough (Wicklow Mountains National Park)
Cliffs of Moher – Liscannor
O’Conners Famous Pub (Bar Ed Sheehan filmed Galway girl) – Galway
Taxi Tour – Belfast
Titanic Exhibition – Belfast

Where To Stay

We were lucky enough to have a family friends place to stay at for one night, however every other night we stayed in AirBnb’s. They’re the cheapest option, and we had super friendly hosts every night (Irish people are the best!)

Other Places to Visit

Here are some extra places that we would have visited if we had the time.