Ireland

Ireland's largest island, bridged not ferried, on the Wild Atlantic Way

Ireland's thatched estate village on the River Maigue, mid-transformation ahead of the 2027 Ryder Cup

Dún Aonghasa's cliff fort, dry-stone walls and a Gaeltacht island reached by ferry from Galway

The midlands town where the Shannon opens into Lough Ree

The Salmon Capital of Ireland, on the banks of the Moy in North Mayo

A market town at the head of one of the world's great natural harbours

The capital of Erris, where two bays meet and the Atlantic does the rest

The Brighton of Ireland, at the end of the southbound DART

Your Complete Guide to Bunratty, Ireland

A walled medieval village under Slieve Foye, on the Louth shore of Carlingford Lough

Where the Owenabue meets Cork Harbour

Cashel of the Kings, a Rock of cathedrals and round tower over a Golden Vale market town

Mayo's county town, between the Mall and the mountains

The capital of Connemara, where the Twelve Bens meet the Atlantic

Your Complete Guide to Clonakilty, Ireland

Titanic's last port of call, a tiered harbour town under the tallest spire in Ireland

Ireland's second city on the River Lee, and it will tell you it should be the first

South Dublin's medieval port, now a village of castles, writers, and island goats

A Gaeltacht harbour town at the end of the Wild Atlantic Way, on the Dingle Peninsula in Co. Kerry

The Diamond, Donegal Castle and the gateway to Slieve League on the Wild Atlantic Way

The home of Irish traditional music, on the Burren edge between the Cliffs of Moher and the Aran ferry

Ireland's largest town, on the last bridging point of the Boyne

South Dublin's Victorian harbour town, all piers, swimmers, and Sunday markets

West Waterford's harbour town, where the Greenway meets the sea

The county town of Clare on its river island, a year-round trad-music town and the handiest base for the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher

Hot seaweed baths and a five-kilometre strand on Killala Bay

The estate village at the gates of Powerscourt, half an hour from Dublin and a world away by six in the evening

The City of the Tribes, where the street is the stage and the Atlantic is the edge of town

Ireland's monastic valley of two lakes, and the beating heart of the Wicklow Mountains

The end of the DART line, where the commuter belt softens into a seaside town

Dublin's coastal village, 25 minutes from the city centre

A Georgian market town at the head of the sea, and one of Kerry's best places to eat

The Marble City, a walkable medieval capital of craft and hurling on the River Nore

Lakes, mountains and oak woods at the edge of town, in the Kingdom of Kerry

Ireland's gourmet capital, a colourful harbour town at the head of the tide

Your Complete Guide to Lahinch, Ireland

Donegal's biggest town, on the River Swilly beneath the spire of St Eunan's

Ireland's rugby heartland on the tidal Shannon, with the finest Georgian streets outside Dublin and a market that runs the city's weekend

Castle, coast, and village charm on Dublin's northside

A Connemara fishing village between a tombolo of white beaches and a bog of a hundred lakes

A working harbour town that never stopped being a seaside resort

The River Town Under Benbulben

Ireland's premier surf village, on the Coolera Peninsula outside Sligo town

Your Complete Guide to Tralee, Ireland

A Meath market town with the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland standing in the middle of it

Ireland's oldest city, founded by Vikings in 914 AD

Mayo's planned Georgian town, between Clew Bay and the Reek

Your Complete Guide to Wexford Town, Ireland

The county town on the Irish Sea, with a working harbour, a gaol on the hill and two dead lighthouses on the head