Entry requirements | Organizing your trip | Visiting | Eating | Paying | Speaking

Entry requirements

Passport and visa service

Department of Foreign Affairs, VISA

Diplomatic representations

Department of Foreign Affairs

For more information:

UK Border Agency

All passport information of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Passports and visas information on Direct.gov.uk

To apply for a passport online

Ask the Embassy of Ireland in United Kingdom



All Foreign Embassies in Britain

We can find the visa and vaccination conditions required for your trip.

Organizing your trip

Means of transport recommended in town

Recommendation

Ireland has an extensive road, rail, bus and air infrastructure. But no subway.
Click here to get the details of the Dublin Transportation Office.

Maps of urban networks

LUAS, Dublin
Maps of Dublin and area

Means of transport recommended in the rest of the country

Recommendation

The Irish railway network is quite old. Schedules are not always respected. Travellers often have difficulties for booking tickets.

Rail companies

Larnród Éireann, reservation, schedule.
NIR (Northern Ireland Railways)

Plan your journey to Ireland

Domestic Airlines

British Airways
Virgin Atlantic

Low cost solutions

Flybe
Ryanair
EasyJet
British Midland Airways
Thomsonfly
Find more on Whichbudget.com

Cheap flights search engine

Asap.co.uk
Fly.co.uk
Flightcomparison.co.uk
Idealo.co.uk

All air route information

Consult the website Oag.com

Traveling by yourself

Recommendation

The road network links all parts of Ireland. Be careful of the narrow country roads where the bends in the road are often very sharp and windy. The road network is extensive but the quality of road surfacing is often poor. Upgrading is in progress.

Road signs:
Freeways/Motorways = Blue
National Primary & Secondary routes = Green
Regional and local routes = White

Road maps

Road network
Road network

Find an itinerary

Viamichelin
RAC

We can buy a road map or a city map of your destination for you.

Visiting

Different forms of tourism

Historical

Blarney Stone - Brownshill Dolmen - Bunratty Castle - Delvin Castle - Dublin Castle - Rock of Cashel.
For all tourism spots click here.

Cultural

Several sites are protected by the Unesco World Heritage.
Many festivals and cultural events also take place.

Nature

Ireland is wellknown for its wildlide and its National Parks.

Religious

Ireland is a jewels of megalitic monuments. A lot of sacred sites let enter the celtic legend.

Thermal

Lisdoonvarna is a spa town in north County Clare.

Beach

As an island, Ireland is surrounded by beaches. Click here to get more information.

Winter sports

Skiing, snowboarding, surfing, canoeing, walking...

Outdoor activities

Walking, hiking, cycling... For further information, see the Island Ireland website.

Shopping

Special purchases include hand-woven tweed, hand-crocheted woollens and cottons, sheepskin goods, gold and silver jewellery, Aran knitwear, linen, pottery, Irish crystal and whiskey...

Shopping hours: Mon-Sat 09h00-17h30/18h00.
Many towns have a late night opening on Thursday or Friday until 20h00/21h00.
Sunday: 12h00 - 17h00/18h00 (main shopping centres, larger department stores). Many smaller supermarkets in towns and villages are also open.

Tourism organizations

List of Tourism Offices in Ireland
Ireland Guide
Visit Dublin
Northern Ireland Tourist Board

Eating

Food specialties

Barmbrack (a currant loaf), boxty (potato pancakes), scones.
Dublin Bay prawns, seafood, smoked salmon, trout...
Oysters (served with Guinness and wholemeal bread).
Irish stew ( mutton, lamb or juicy beef, served with potatoes, stock, onions, carrots and garlic).
Crubeens (pigs’ trotters).
Colcannon (a mixture of potatoes and cabbage cooked together).
Soda bread.
Soufflé made with carrageen (a variety of seaweed).

Drinks

Guinness, Kilkenny, whiskey, stout, tea...

Dietary restrictions

There are no specific restrictions.

Paying

Domestic currency

Euro

ISO Code

EUR

To obtain domestic currency

Currency exchange: available in banks, airports and in bureaux de change. ATMs are widely available, catering for Cirrus and Maestro symbols.

Possible means of payment

Credit / Debit Cards and ATMs: American Express, MasterCard and Visa are all widely accepted.

Travelers Cheque Advice: Accepted throughout Ireland. To avoid additional exchange rate charges, travelers are advised to take traveler’s cheques in Euros, Pounds Sterling or US Dollars.

Exchange rate on

ATMs

To find out the locations of ATMs in Ireland, just click on the name of your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express.

Use our "Currency Converter" to know the current exchange rate of other currencies.

Speaking

Official language

Irish (Gaelic), spoken as a first language by about 55,000 people (mostly in the west).

Other languages spoken

English. Official documents are printed in both languages.

Business language

English

Getting some knowledge

Click here for some useful phrases in Gaelic.

Free translation tools

Google - Translation
Reverso - Translation
Foreignword - Translation

We can do the translation of your commercial documents for you.

We can do the translation of the statutory and administrative documents for you after having identified them.

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Last updates: September 2010