Ireland Guidebook

$27.99

Ireland Guidebook

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Ireland Guidebook

$27.99

Rick's picks for sights, eating, sleeping
In-depth coverage of our favorite Irish destinations
Great self-guided walks, drives, and sightseeing tours
Includes handy full-color foldout map

In Rick Steves Ireland you'll find in-depth Rick-tested information on:

Dublin and nearby

Dun Laoghaire
Boyne Valley (including Brú na Bóinne and Trim)
Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains

South Ireland

Kilkenny and Waterford
The Rock of Cashel
Kinsale and Cobh
Ring of Kerry, sights near Killarney, Kenmare, Skellig Michael

Dingle Peninsula and nearby

Dingle Town
Dingle Peninsula driving tour
Blasket Islands
Tralee

County Clare & the Burren

The coast, Doolin, and Ennis

Galway

Aran Islands

Connemara and Westport

Cong
Westport
Connemara driving tours
East of Connemara: Knock Shrine, Strokestown Park and Irish National Famine Museum

Donegal and the Northwest

County Donegal driving tour
Between Westport and Derry: Drumcliff Village, Mullaghmore Head, Donegal Town

Northern Ireland

Derry
Antrim Coast and Portrush
Belfast
Bangor

Practicalities

Self-guided walks
Easy-to-follow maps (including color maps of Ireland, central Dublin, and the Dingle and "Ring of Kerry" Peninsulas)
Trip planning: When to go, recommended two-week itineraries (by car or by public transit), and pre-trip checklist
Advice on planning your time and avoiding lines
Transportation: Driving, trains, buses, city transit, and ferries
Irish history, culture, language, and cuisine
Handy Irish–Yankee vocabulary list
Detailed advice on managing money, communicating, reserving rooms, handling emergencies, and other helpful hints

Also included: a 14½" x 19½" full-color foldout Planning Map that shows all of Ireland, plus key driving distances/times, a map of Ireland's best two-week trip by car, and a close-up of the Dingle and "Ring of Kerry" peninsulas,. The other side features handy close-ups (showing major sights) of Dublin, Belfast, and the Dingle and Ring of Kerry peninsulas. (Note: This is a slightly smaller version of Rick's stand-alone Ireland Planning Map.)

What's the difference between this Ireland book and Rick's Best of Ireland guidebook?

Rick Steves Ireland, the complete guide, offers more coverage of more destinations in a mostly black-and-white format.

The shorter Rick Steves Best of Ireland guidebook focuses on Ireland's top destinations and sights, is in full color, and is updated a little less frequently than the complete guide.

Both books are packed with hand-picked recommendations and Rick's travel advice and tips for saving time, money, and hassle.

Should I get Rick's Snapshot: Dublin guide or Snapshot: Northern Ireland guide in addition to the Ireland guidebook?

No, because these Snapshot guides are simply excerpted chapters taken directly from the complete Rick Steves Ireland guidebook.

Latest updates: When we learn of critical changes to the information in our guidebooks on Ireland, we post them. (Of course, it's still smart to reconfirm critical transportation and sightseeing details locally.) Armed with a Rick Steves guidebook and these late-breaking updates, you're set for a great trip! Check our guidebook updates for Ireland.

Submit feedback: Once you've used this book in Europe, we'd love to hear your feedback — good or bad — about our advice on sights, hotels, restaurants, and travel tips. We're also interested in any tips or discoveries you made while in Europe. Your comments help us improve our guidebooks for future travelers.

Every Rick Steves travel product comes with our guarantee that it will be free from material and manufacturing defects for the life of the product. If a defect appears, we will replace the product free of charge. This guarantee does not cover damage caused by an airline or other common carrier. Nor does it cover wear and tear to components and materials which may occur over time with use of the product.

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Product Details

Dimensions

8" x 4 ½" x 1"

Weight

14.5 oz

Product Code

9781641716970

Author

Rick Steves & Pat O'Connor

Pages

738

Publication Date

July 2026 (23rd edition)

Next Edition Arrives

Summer 2028

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Rick Steves always achieves the perfect balance between meticulous planning and space for spontaneity. Rick is the Gold Standard.

Thank you for continuing to support our travels in Europe with your excellent guidebooks. We are excited for our tour of Ireland in Spring of 2027.

Great travel book and other useful travel supplies!

Great information about Ireland!

A great guide to review both the well worn tourist destinations and those that are lesser sought out by the tourist but a vital part of the national and regional identity. I value honest assessments given by this publication.

Excellent guide

Great help with very specific suggestions for planning a wonderful vacation!

Love that you keep it updated and point out the more "local" places to see, eat and stay.

RS guide books are the very best!

Great read pre-trip! Thanks!!

We love all of the tour books. We plan all of our trips with Rick’s books. These are for a friend who is planning a trip and we wanted to give them the best information possible.

This guide is a treasure trove of information and helpful tips! I'm planning on taking the Heart of Ireland tour next year and the guidebook is helping me plan my pre-tour itinerary so I can see as many castles and ruins as possible while in Ireland.

Great guide book full of useful information.

comprehensive and the maps in the back are a nice supplement

great to have the new version!

Thanks for material.

Excited to use this wonderful guide as we plan our trip!

Great read!

Thorough!

So sweet to receive this . It's going to make us wish for the most exciting trip!!!

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