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Ireland · 7 days
A west-bound Irish road trip from Dublin's lively pubs to Connemara lakes, the Burren, the Cliffs of Moher, the Dingle Peninsula and Killarney, finishing among Cork's markets and castles.
7days
21stops
786km
The route
Tap a day or a townYou sleep in Dublin · Galway · Clifden · Liscannor · Dingle · Killarney — start in Dublin, end in Cork.
DAY01
Trinity College Library → Temple Bar
4.2 km · 20m driving · Overnight in Temple Bar
- 09:00Trinity College Library· start
- 2.4 km · 10m
- 12:00Guinness Storehouse
- 1.8 km · 10m
- 15:00⭐ Temple Bar· overnight
DAY02
Kilbeggan → Galway
223 km · 2h 21m driving · Overnight in Galway Latin Quarter
- 09:00Kilbeggan Distillery· start
- 39 km · 25m
- 12:00⭐ Clonmacnoise
- 85 km · 54m
- 15:00Galway Latin Quarter· overnight
DAY03
Lough Inagh → Sky Road
95 km · 1h 1m driving · Overnight in Sky Road
- 09:00Lough Inagh· start
- 14 km · 10m
- 12:00⭐ Kylemore Abbey
- 18 km · 11m
- 15:00Sky Road· overnight
DAY04
Poulnabrone Dolmen → Cliffs of Moher
122 km · 1h 20m driving · Overnight in Cliffs of Moher
- 09:00Poulnabrone Dolmen· start
- 12 km · 10m
- 12:00Burren Smokehouse
- 14 km · 10m
- 15:00⭐ Cliffs of Moher· overnight
DAY05
Killimer → Dingle
153 km · 1h 37m driving · Overnight in Dingle Distillery
- 09:00Killimer–Tarbert Ferry· start
- 81 km · 51m
- 12:00⭐ Inch Beach
- 25 km · 16m
- 15:00Dingle Distillery· overnight
DAY06
Slea Head Drive → Ross Castle
96 km · 1h 4m driving · Overnight in Ross Castle
- 09:00⭐ Slea Head Drive· start
- 13 km · 10m
- 12:00Gallarus Oratory
- 69 km · 44m
- 15:00Ross Castle· overnight
DAY07
Torc Waterfall → English Market
93 km · 1h 9m driving
- 09:00Torc Waterfall· start
- 78 km · 49m
- 12:00⭐ Blarney Castle
- 9 km · 10m
- 15:00English Market
Heads Up
- Irish rural roads are narrow and winding; drive on the left and allow extra time on the Sky Road and Slea Head Drive.
- Check the Killimer–Tarbert ferry timetable in advance, as sailings run on a fixed schedule.
- Book Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College Library and distillery tours ahead to secure time slots.
- Keep back from cliff edges at the Cliffs of Moher and check weather, as wind and fog can change quickly.