The Cliffs of Moher and O'Brien's Tower, County Clare. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA).

Discover Ireland

Céad míle fáilte: a hundred thousand welcomes. Cliffs, castles, wild coasts and the warmest pubs in the world, all on one small island.

An island of big landscapes and long stories

From the Atlantic cliffs of the west to the Stone Age tombs of the Boyne Valley, Ireland packs an astonishing range of places into an island you can cross in an afternoon. Start with our favourites below, explore them all on the map, or let the trip planner sketch out your route.

2,500 km

of coastline on the Wild Atlantic Way, from Donegal to Cork

5,000 years

since Newgrange was built, before Stonehenge or the pyramids

32 counties

across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

Our top picks

Six places that belong on every first trip to Ireland.

Cliffs of Moher

Sheer sea cliffs rising up to 214 m above the Atlantic in County Clare.

Giant's Causeway

About 40,000 interlocking basalt columns on the Causeway Coast of County Antrim.

Skellig Michael

A 6th-century island monastery on a jagged Atlantic rock. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Connemara & Kylemore

Wild bogland, the Twelve Bens and the fairy-tale Kylemore Abbey in County Galway.

Ring of Kerry

A 179 km loop of mountains, beaches and villages around the Iveragh Peninsula.

Dublin

Ireland's capital: the Book of Kells, Georgian squares, the Guinness Storehouse and great pubs.

Where to go

All fifteen destinations in this guide, colour-coded by touring region. Browse them as a list →

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Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, used under their Creative Commons licences. Map tiles © Esri and OpenStreetMap contributors. Travel times and weather figures are approximate, for planning only.