Hitchhiking in Ireland
Hitchhiking to Ireland
Recent reviews in Ireland
53.31484, -8.24541
Not very busy. Waited with "Galway" sign and got a ride to Oranmore.rating: 3/5, wait: 20 min 🪧, ride: 57 km ←
―Uri, Wed 20 Aug 2025, 19:15
53.4277, -7.9628
Mostly local traffic, but generous shoulder.rating: 3/5, wait: 80 min 🪧, ride: 26 km ↙
―Uri, Wed 20 Aug 2025, 18:15
53.402, -6.69174
Not many cars when we were there, but plenty of space to pull over.rating: 3/5, wait: 40 min 🪧, ride: 103 km ←
―Uri, Wed 20 Aug 2025, 15:10
53.36689, -6.59154
usually this spot is good but on a sunday in august it was slow getting a ride west.rating: 3/5, wait: 60 min 🪧, ride: 4 km ←
―BI, Sun 17 Aug 2025, 12:16
53.79008, -9.50333
pretty much every car going direct to galway uses this road - also good for rides to ballinrobe, headford etc.rating: 4/5, wait: 10 min 🪧, ride: 75 km ↘
―BI, Sun 17 Aug 2025, 18:13
53.39633, -6.68307
traffic was diverted through here because of a crash on the m4 so there was loads of cars going by, probably less busy on other days. small amount of space to pull over after the roundabout and youre fairly visible to drivers.rating: 3/5, wait: 5 min 🪧, ride: 241 km ←
―BI, Sun 17 Aug 2025, 14:11
53.0761, -6.09037
Perks include shade trees, slower speeds, long space to stop, and good visibility.rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 107 km ↓
―HoopRider, August 2025
53.12401, -6.10462
Good spot with visibility and room to pull over. Cars are going a bit fast.rating: 4/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 7 km ↓
―HoopRider, August 2025
53.18055, -6.09419
One of the first really good spots south of Dublin to hitch south. Could be better with more long distance traffic.rating: 4/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 8 km ↓
―HoopRider, August 2025
55.12758, -7.46336
The ferry from Buncrana to Rathmullan is hitchable. It is paid by car and you can easiely talk to the cars waiting for the ferry. The ferry goes every hour, but can only take roundabout 20 cars. But you will probably find someone to take you.rating: 4/5, ride: 7 km ↙
―Juergen, August 2025
55.15152, -7.4447
Good spot. Cars can pull over. Thumbing works very well all over Donegal and I got an easy lift to Carndonaghrating: 5/5, wait: 15 min
―Anonymous, August 2025
53.94502, -8.074
traffic to dublin and east in general, good visibility and space to pull overrating: 4/5, wait: 30 min 🪧, ride: 169 km ↘
―BI, Sun 22 Jun 2025, 16:19
54.2653, -8.48132
good spot! only con is cars are going quite fast, but great visibility, all the ppl going east from Sligo pass through here, space to pull overrating: 4/5, wait: 40 min 🪧, ride: 55 km ↘
―BI, Sun 22 Jun 2025, 13:15
54.0501, -8.03867
standard rural Irish spot, not much traffic and not much to say, space to pull over the few ppl are driving slow and will see you, even late in the day we got a lift in less than an hourrating: 2/5, wait: 60 min 🪧, ride: 15 km ↑
―BI, Sat 21 Jun 2025, 19:12
53.9485, -8.09164
cutest ride w a dog on my lap I was in heaven and life was great,petrol station buzz, not that much traffic took us (2ppl) 20mins or so to get a ride, good visibility, space to pull over
rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min 👍, ride: 14 km ↑
―BI, Sat 21 Jun 2025, 18:09
53.5237, -8.32135
BOOOO 👎👎👎👎 was here ages, even on a Saturday barely any traffic + a lot of people turning off the main road at the crossroads just before.had the idea to take the bus to next better spot but bus stop might not exist. eventually got lucky with a ride to Carrick but it wasn't hard to see ourselves getting stuck here
rating: 1/5, wait: 90 min 🪧, ride: 62 km ↑
―BI, Sat 21 Jun 2025, 16:05
54.26559, -8.48129
Great spot after the college next to the roundabout, feels a bit unsafe but it's actually saferating: 4/5, wait: 8 min, ride: 33 km ↘
―PIPI, July 2025
54.39303, -8.52381
After the bus stop there is space to Park it's greatrating: 5/5, wait: 7 min, ride: 17 km ↓
―PIPI, July 2025
53.98824, -8.28127
People are coming from boyle and can see your sign quite good, the others on the N4 are driving quite fast but you still got quite some space for them to Park and you to be saferating: 4/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 180 km ↘
―PIPI, July 2025
52.26494, -9.67692
Good spot, space to Park, a lot of cars are passing by without stopping because it's just before the roundabout but we got a lift to Limerick!rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 105 km ↗
―PIPI, July 2025
Recent reviews mentioning Ireland
52.67457, -8.67633
I waited a lot for Ireland, but it did work.rating: 4/5, wait: 30 min
―Trevolyn, May 2023
53.35792, -2.50377
Loads of Trucks! I was heading to Ireland, I just talked to every truck driver chilling at the parking place. Most of them were going Far south. (London even Dover) Eventually an Irish trucker took me all the way to Dublin, He even payed the boat ticket for me.―Erth Walker, November 2015
51.17759, -1.78221
heading direction eaststood here 1/2 h and was taking by a young couple
aspecially while she knew the burden of hitchhiking, she did it for the first time last year in Ireland
―Anonymous, May 2014
54.03737, -6.38584
Hitchhiking to the Mourne mountain (Northern Ireland).Lots of place and traffic, so it is a very good place
―Anonymous, May 2013
53.72879, -6.39781
Hitchhiking in the Mourne Mountains (Northern Ireland).Wait 5 min.
Lots of traffic but the place to stop is not big so be quick and be careful.
―Anonymous, May 2013
53.398, -6.23939
Hitchhiking to reach the Mourne mountains (Nerthern Ireland).Wait 5 min.
Lots of traffic and place to stop
―Anonymous, May 2013
48.72145, -3.9673
If you want to reach Ireland by boat, here is the ferry to cork ! Rosko/Roscoff is an easy city to reach by thumb, but people pay the ferry by person and not by cars. If you're in Brittany, it's still the best option and you can buy tickets for less than 70euros in summer.If coming from outside of Brittany, it's probably better to cross the channel in calais (people pay by car) and then hitch in england and wales, even if it's a little bit more difficult there. In wales, you still have to pay the ferry but it's cheaper !
―Anonymous, April 2012
53.06832, -2.33588
there is a bay where cars going to crewe or chester or even to holyhead and ireland can easily stop.―Anonymous, November 2010
53.25104, -6.58896
Going towards Maynooth, M4 motorway for Galway and the West of Ireland.rating: 5/5
―Anonymous
53.36689, -6.59154
Motorway exits for Western Ireland and Dublinrating: 4/5
―Anonymous
52.64185, -7.23096
Weirdly enough, this is the fastest way to get out of Ireland from Kilkenny (via the Rosslare ferry).rating: 5/5
―Anonymous
55.12, -6.6803
This should be a decent spot - along the main road that's leaving Coleraine towards Derry, a hard shoulder, enough traffic but not too much - still I had to wait more than an hour, which is toally exceptional for Northern Ireland. You'd probably be better off following the road a bit further down until you're really out of town (although cars will be faster there).rating: 4/5
―Anonymous