{"id":1302347,"date":"2026-09-26T18:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302347"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:33:43","slug":"ireland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Ireland country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Ireland","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"A small island with an outsized reputation for welcome, and it mostly holds up. Dublin for the pubs and the history, the west coast for the reason people actually come.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302352","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac25 | Dorm bed, from\r\n2,500km | The Wild Atlantic Way\r\n3h | Dublin to Galway by bus\r\n40 | Shades of green, allegedly","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Dublin is the start, not the trip","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Most visits to Ireland are a long weekend in Dublin, and Dublin is a good city \u2014 Trinity College, the Guinness Storehouse, a pub scene that genuinely does have live music most nights of the week. It is also the most expensive part of the country and the least like the rest of it.\r\n\r\nThe west is what people picture. Galway is a small city that feels like a permanent festival, the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren are an hour from it, and the Wild Atlantic Way runs 2,500km from Cork up to Donegal through some of the emptiest coastline in Europe.\r\n\r\nA week is the honest minimum for both halves: three days in Dublin, three or four on the west coast, with the bus doing the work. Two weeks lets you drive the Wild Atlantic Way properly, which is the best thing you can do on this island.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Language | English, and Irish in the Gaeltacht areas of the west\r\nCurrency | Euro (\u20ac). Northern Ireland uses pounds sterling\r\nEmergency | 112 or 999\r\nTap water | Safe throughout\r\nTipping | 10% in restaurants if service is not included. Not tipped in pubs\r\nWeather | Four seasons a day, all year. Bring a waterproof, not an umbrella\r\nHow long to stay | A week for Dublin and the west, two to drive the coast\r\nBest months | May, June and September","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Buses reach everywhere and trains link the cities. The west is where most trips end up.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Dublin | Pubs, Trinity College, the Book of Kells and more history than the size suggests. Expensive, and worth three days. |  | 1302568 | If you\u2019ve never been in Dublin, you\u2019re missing a lot really. Go to Dublin and explore! Enjoy your moment | \nGalway | The best small city in Ireland: music in every pub, students everywhere, and the Atlantic an hour away. |  | 1302569 | Such a beautiful city with wonderful people. Will definitely be going back. | \nCork | The rebel city. A proper food scene, cheaper than Dublin, and the gateway to the south west. |  | 1302570 | Cork has such a rich history and is so close to so much. I really love the vibe and the people here. | \nKillarney | The base for the Ring of Kerry and the national park. Touristy in July, superb in May. |  | 1302571 | Killarney is very charming and a nice city to go to. | \nDingle | A peninsula town at the western edge, with a coastal drive that beats the Ring of Kerry. |  | 1302572 | Co. Kerry is gorgeous and Dingle is a sweet little seaside town. Tiny, but feels a bit bigger than most such places perhaps bc there are many options for food, shopping and activities, not to mention pubs. | \nKilkenny | A medieval city on the Nore with a castle, a brewery and the best-preserved centre in the east. |  | 1302573 |  | \nLimerick | On the Shannon, a rugby city with a Georgian core and the gateway to the west coast road. |  | 1302574 |  | \nWestport | A planned Georgian town under Croagh Patrick, and the start of the Great Western Greenway. |  | 1302575 | Wonderful place with everything central ! | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Ireland is at its best outdoors and in pubs, which is a wider range than it sounds.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"City break | blue | city | Three or four days, one city, a lot of walking between pubs. | Book of Kells before 09:00; Kilmainham Gaol, booked ahead; A trad session in the back room | Temple Bar, briefly; The Liberties; Galway's Latin Quarter | Dublin; Galway; Cork | city-break\nAdventure | green | backpack | Cliffs, islands and weather that makes it interesting. | Walk the Cliffs of Moher coastal path; Cycle Achill Island; Climb Croagh Patrick | Cliffs of Moher; The Burren; Killarney National Park | Galway; Killarney | adventure\nCulture | purple | culture | A history that explains most of the twentieth century. | Kilmainham Gaol; EPIC emigration museum; Belfast's political murals | Trinity College; Kilmainham; Titanic Belfast | Dublin; Belfast | culture\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Pubs with live music, which is a different thing from clubs. | A trad session in Galway; A pint in a pub with no TV; Live music in Doolin | Galway's Quay Street; Dublin's Camden Street; Doolin | Galway; Dublin; Cork | nightlife\nBeach | teal | sunglasses | Empty Atlantic beaches and water cold enough to hurt. | Surf in Bundoran or Lahinch; Walk Inch Beach; The Aran Islands ferry | Inch Beach; Keem Bay; Lahinch | Galway; Killarney | beach\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Better than the stereotype, especially in Cork. | English Market in Cork; Seafood chowder on the coast; A full Irish before a hike | English Market, Cork; Galway Market; Dingle seafood | Cork; Galway; Dublin | food","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Ireland","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Dublin's must-sees are small and sell out: the Book of Kells at Trinity, Kilmainham Gaol, which needs booking weeks ahead and is the most affecting thing in the city, and the Guinness Storehouse, which is a brand experience that most people enjoy anyway.\r\n\r\nThe west is where the country earns its reputation. The Cliffs of Moher are the headline, and the coastal walk from Doolin gets you the same view without the car park. The Burren's limestone plateau, the Aran Islands by ferry, and the Dingle peninsula drive are all within reach of Galway.\r\n\r\nTrad sessions are the other thing to plan for rather than stumble into. Galway, Doolin and Dingle have music most nights; in Dublin, walk past Temple Bar's prices to Camden Street or Stoneybatter.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Kilmainham Gaol | Book weeks ahead. Sells out constantly\r\nCliffs of Moher | Walk from Doolin to skip the visitor centre crowd\r\nTrad sessions | Galway, Doolin and Dingle nightly. Free, and the real thing\r\nHeritage Card | \u20ac40 for a year of national monuments and parks","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Ireland","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Ireland","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Irish food has improved beyond recognition and Cork is the proof \u2014 the English Market has been running since 1788 and the restaurants around it are the best value in the country. Seafood on the west coast is excellent and often cheap: chowder with brown bread runs \u20ac8 to \u20ac12 and is a meal.\r\n\r\nPub food is the everyday option. A carvery lunch, served in pubs across the country between twelve and two, gets you a full roast for \u20ac12 to \u20ac15, which is the cheapest hot meal you will find.\r\n\r\nThe full Irish breakfast is the other institution. It is enormous, it costs \u20ac10 to \u20ac14, and it will keep you going through a day of walking in the rain, which is what it is for.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Carvery lunch | \u20ac12\u201315 in pubs, 12:00\u201314:00. The best value meal in Ireland\r\nSeafood chowder | \u20ac8\u201312 on the coast, and a meal in itself\r\nFull Irish | \u20ac10\u201314. One a day is plenty\r\nSupermarkets | Aldi, Lidl and Dunnes. Deli counters do \u20ac5 lunches","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Ireland","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Ireland","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"The pub is the institution and it is not the same as a bar. Sessions start around nine, musicians sit in a corner rather than on a stage, and nobody claps between tunes. Galway does this better than anywhere: Quay Street has music every night of the year.\r\n\r\nDublin's problem is Temple Bar, where a pint can cost \u20ac8 and the music is for tourists. Two streets away on Camden Street, or out in Stoneybatter and Rathmines, the same pint is \u20ac5.50 and the pub is full of locals.\r\n\r\nClubs exist in Dublin, Cork and Belfast but close early by European standards \u2014 most are done by 02:30. The night starts earlier here than on the continent, around eight.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Pint prices | \u20ac6.50\u20138 in Temple Bar, \u20ac5\u20136 outside it\r\nTrad sessions | From around 21:00. Galway, Doolin, Dingle are the best\r\nClosing time | Pubs to 23:30 or 00:30, clubs to 02:30. Earlier than Europe\r\nRounds | Buying in rounds is the norm. Keep up or opt out early","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Ireland","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Ireland","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"Buses do more than trains here and cost much less. Citylink and GoBus run Dublin to Galway for around \u20ac15 in about three hours, and Bus \u00c9ireann covers the rest. Irish Rail is comfortable but limited and expensive without an advance fare.\r\n\r\nFor the west coast, a car changes the trip. The Wild Atlantic Way, the Ring of Kerry and the Dingle peninsula are all built around driving, roads are narrow and on the left, and rural bus services are sparse. Rental is pricier than mainland Europe and insurance rules catch people out \u2014 check what your card actually covers before declining anything at the desk.\r\n\r\nDay tours from Galway and Killarney are a reasonable middle ground if you are not driving, and they cost \u20ac30 to \u20ac45.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Dublin\u2013Galway | About \u20ac15 by bus, three hours, hourly\r\nLeap Card | Dublin transport card, cheaper than cash fares\r\nCar hire | Expensive, and insurance excess rules are strict. Read them\r\nDay tours | \u20ac30\u201345 from Galway or Killarney if you are not driving","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Ireland","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Ireland costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Ireland is expensive, and Dublin is the reason. Dorms start around \u20ac25 and go well past \u20ac40 during rugby weekends, concerts and St Patrick's Day. Galway and Cork run \u20ac20 to \u20ac28, and the smaller west coast towns less again outside July and August.\r\n\r\nDrinking is the budget line people underestimate. A pint is \u20ac5 to \u20ac6 outside Dublin and \u20ac6.50 to \u20ac8 in the centre, and rounds culture means it adds up faster than you planned.\r\n\r\nEating can be controlled: carvery lunches, supermarket deli counters and hostel kitchens keep a day near \u20ac60. Sights are mostly cheap or free \u2014 the national museums in Dublin cost nothing.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac25 in Dublin, from \u20ac20 in Galway and Cork\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac65\u201385 in Dublin, \u20ac55\u201370 elsewhere\r\nA pint | \u20ac5\u20136 outside Dublin, \u20ac6.50\u20138 in the centre\r\nFree museums | The National Museum and National Gallery cost nothing","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Ireland","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Ireland","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Ireland is safe and the welcome is real. The practical risks are the weather and the roads rather than crime, though Dublin has the usual city issues around O'Connell Street and the north inner city late at night, and there has been a rise in reported antisocial incidents in the centre.\r\n\r\nWalking the coast needs respect. Cliff paths have no railings in most places, the ground gets slippery in minutes, and people are swept off rocks by rogue waves on the west coast most winters. Stay back from edges and off wet rocks.\r\n\r\nDriving is the other one. Rural roads are single-track with stone walls either side, on the left, and visitors misjudge them constantly. Take the extra hour rather than the tight overtake.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112 or 999\r\nCliff paths | No railings. Stay well back, especially in wind\r\nRural roads | Narrow, walled and on the left. Drive slower than feels necessary\r\nDublin at night | Ordinary city caution around O'Connell Street after midnight","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Ireland is in the EU but not in the Schengen area, so the 90-day Schengen clock does not apply here \u2014 time spent in Ireland does not count against it, which is useful on a long European trip.\r\n\r\nEU and UK citizens travel freely. US, Canadian and Australian passport holders get 90 days visa-free. Passports should be valid for the length of the stay.\r\n\r\nNorthern Ireland is part of the UK, and crossing the land border is invisible and unchecked, but it is a different country with different money and different entry rules. Most visitors, including EU citizens, need a UK ETA before crossing, and anyone who needs a UK visa needs it in advance, even though nobody will stop you at the border.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Not Schengen | Time in Ireland does not count against the 90-day Schengen limit\r\nVisa-free | 90 days for US, Canadian and Australian passports\r\nNorthern Ireland | A different country. Most visitors need a UK ETA, even by land\r\nCurrency | Euro in the Republic, sterling in the North","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"It rains all year, so pick for daylight rather than sunshine. May to September gives you long evenings; December gives you four hours of useful light and empty pubs.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs. Rainfall is spread across every month, and the west gets considerably more than the east. Daylight is the real variable: 17 hours in June, under 8 in December.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 8 | 1 | Dark, wet, cheap. Pubs at their most local\r\nFebruary | 8 | 1 | Still winter, still empty\r\nMarch | 10 | 3 | St Patrick's Day fills Dublin for a week\r\nApril | 12 | 2 | Days lengthen, west coast still quiet\r\nMay | 15 | 3 | The best month. Long evenings, driest of the year\r\nJune | 18 | 4 | Warm for Ireland, long days, busy\r\nJuly | 19 | 5 | Peak season. Killarney and Galway at their fullest\r\nAugust | 19 | 5 | Peak prices, plus the Galway races and festivals\r\nSeptember | 17 | 3 | Excellent value. Weather holds, crowds gone\r\nOctober | 13 | 2 | Cooling, quiet, cheap. Good for cities\r\nNovember | 10 | 1 | Dark and wet. Lowest prices of the year\r\nDecember | 8 | 3 | Christmas in the pubs, then a New Year spike","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person. Dublin adds a third to the bed and a euro or two to every pint.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Excludes car hire, which runs \u20ac45\u201370 a day in summer and is the main cost of a west coast trip. Buses between cities are \u20ac12\u201320.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 25 | 18 | 4 | 6\r\nMiddle of the road | 34 | 32 | 7 | 15\r\nComfortable | 50 | 48 | 12 | 25","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"One of these makes the whole country expensive for a week. The rest are worth timing a trip around.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"ireland","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Ireland","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/ireland\/","hw_hub_country_events":"St Patrick's Day | 17 March | Nationwide | Five days of it in Dublin rather than one. Beds book out months ahead and prices double. |  | \nGalway International Arts Festival | July | Galway | Two weeks of theatre, music and street performance in a city built for it. |  | \nGalway Races | Late July | Galway | A week of racing and the most crowded the city gets all year. |  | \nFleadh Cheoil | August | Varies each year | The largest traditional music festival in the world, in a different town annually. |  | \nElectric Picnic | September | Stradbally | Ireland's biggest music festival, and a national event. |  | \nHalloween | 31 October | Derry \u00b7 nationwide | The festival originated here as Samhain, and Derry throws the biggest party in Europe for it. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Ireland","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels across the island, live from Hostelworld. Galway and Cork are consistently better value than Dublin.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Ireland","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/ireland\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"103","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Ireland travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How many days do you need in Ireland? | A week: three days in Dublin, three or four on the west coast around Galway or Killarney. Two weeks lets you drive the Wild Atlantic Way properly, which is the best thing on the island.\r\nIs Ireland expensive? | Yes, particularly Dublin. Dorms from \u20ac25 there and \u20ac20 in Galway or Cork, a pint at \u20ac5 to \u20ac8, and a day running \u20ac65 to \u20ac85 in the capital. Carvery lunches and free national museums help.\r\nDo I need a car in Ireland? | Not for Dublin, Galway, Cork or Belfast \u2014 buses link them cheaply. For the Wild Atlantic Way, the Ring of Kerry and the Dingle peninsula, a car transforms the trip. Day tours from Galway or Killarney are the alternative at \u20ac30 to \u20ac45.\r\nWhen is the best time to visit Ireland? | May, June and September. May is statistically the driest month and has long evenings. July and August are busiest and priciest; St Patrick's week in March fills Dublin entirely.\r\nIs the Republic of Ireland the same as Northern Ireland? | No. The Republic is an EU country using euros; Northern Ireland is part of the UK and uses pounds. The land border is invisible and unchecked, but UK entry rules still apply if you cross, and most visitors, including EU citizens, need a UK ETA first.\r\nDoes Ireland count towards the Schengen 90 days? | No. Ireland is in the EU but not in Schengen, so time here does not count against the 90-in-180 limit. Useful if you are stringing together a long European trip.\r\nWhere can I hear traditional music? | Galway, Doolin and Dingle have sessions most nights, and they are free. In Dublin, skip Temple Bar and try Camden Street or the pubs in Stoneybatter, where the music is for the room rather than the tourists.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Ireland \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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