Explore Ireland by region
Browse our guides by where they are. Pick a region to see the towns it covers.
Dublin
The capital and its harbour towns: a DART ride from the city centre to cliff walks, seafood piers, and castle demesnes along the county Dublin coastline.
5 towns
East Coast
Co. Wicklow and Co. Wexford: the Garden of Ireland, Victorian seaside towns, and the Sugar Loaf, all within an hour of Dublin.
4 towns
The Southeast
Viking cities, Norman castles, and medieval streetscapes across Waterford, Kilkenny, Tipperary, and the Ancient East hinterland.
4 towns
Cork & Kerry
From a postcard harbour town and a walled city port to the ring of mountains, lakes, and peninsulas that draw visitors to the southwest corner of Europe.
10 towns
The West
From a harbour city famous for its music and festivals to a North Mayo river town that calls itself the Salmon Capital of Ireland, along Ireland's western Atlantic seaboard.
14 towns
The Northwest
Yeats country beneath Benbulben, the surf and growing food scene of Sligo, and Donegal Bay's fishing harbours running out toward Slieve League on the Wild Atlantic Way's wildest northern stretch.
4 towns
The Midlands
The inland heart of Ireland along the River Shannon and Lough Ree: castle towns, cruising waters, and the lakelands between the western seaboard and the capital.
1 town