Ireland Complete Guide 2026: Dublin, Cliffs of Moher, Galway, Ring of Kerry, Giant's Causeway
Browse more guides: Ireland travel | Europe destinations Ireland Complete Guide 2026: Dublin, Cliffs of Moher, Galway, Ring of Kerry, Giant's Causeway TL;DR I planned my Ireland trip after years of staring at green-cliff photos and listening to fiddle recordings, and the real island surpassed every postcard. Ireland is a small country with massive variety: a 1,000-year-old Celtic manuscript in Dublin, a 214-metre wall of Atlantic cliff in County Clare, a Star Wars film location on a sixth-century monastic rock off Kerry, and a 40,000-column basalt shoreline on the Antrim coast in Northern Ireland. I covered it across two weeks, mostly by rental car. The two political units matter for planning. The Republic uses the euro and is in the EU. Northern Ireland is part of the UK and uses the pound sterling. The land border is open with no checks, so I crossed three times without noticing anything except road signs switching from kilometres to miles. My honest take after walking thos...