From here you can catch cars leaving the petrol station and they can pull into the hotels driveway. Straight to the best city in Ireland

A visible spot with space to stop. Finished the ring of Kerry

A great spot, a memorable lift, a great part of the world

Depends how many cars are parked but an easy road for drivers to see you on

Fantastic spot!! Pedestrian crossing so cars are going slow, long bus stop and car parking stretch right behind it

There’s two driveways for drivers to pull into. If the space isn’t big enough the people are certainly nice enough. Got to Galway from here

The hostel is being used for refugees so the car park is blocked off. Creating two decent stopping spots, as well as the bus stop further up. Great spots to hitchhike at, got all the way to Galway

Found a lift going to Killarney via the Cliffs of Moher. So got a tour with a lovely couple through Clare on my way to Limerick

There’s an entry to a construction site that is easy to pull into, try there

More friendly Connemara locals!

Same lift got me back to Roundstone!!

Managed to get from here to Dogs Bay, with a dog on my lap!

Easy for cars to see you and slow down. Just wanted to see Roundstone in the evening, while there weren’t many cars the locals were lovely

There’s the bus stop just ahead but you might be blocked by the Gorse bushes. Just back there’s a footpath cars can park on

Traffic could be going a bit fast but there’s a yellow dotted line and picnic area they can pull into here

probably the best spot to go further west, we got a direct lift to Dingle

not a lot of traffic, we got really lucky though and a guy approached us and took us to Tralee

decent amount of traffic, we were one guy one girl with a sign and got a ride to Carlow quite quickly

My lift was stopping in Westport for an unknown amount of time, so I looked around town then set off for the road. Conveniently getting picked up by my previous lift again. We took a lovely scenic drive through Connemara

Takes a long time in this area. The roundabout isn’t the most convenient of stops either. But here I found a lift to my destination in Connemara

From here you can catch cars leaving the petrol station and they can pull into the hotels driveway. Straight to the best city in Ireland

There’s a set of light here cars may have to stop at. There’s also roadside parking right here so a car can pull in. Perfect road to get to Derry. My lift was such a lovely bloke, made me very happy to be hitchhiking in Ireland

While heading to Ireland, a family heading home from Poland took me with them for a night in their van and even offered me a night in their guest room.

2ppl, tuesday evening. We found a ride immediately towards Northern Ireland. We asked people on the gas station.

I waited a lot for Ireland, but it did work.

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.

heading direction east stood 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

Hitchhiking to the Mourne mountain (Northern Ireland). Lots of place and traffic, so it is a very good place

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.

Hitchhiking to reach the Mourne mountains (Nerthern Ireland). Wait 5 min. Lots of traffic and place to stop

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 !

there is a bay where cars going to crewe or chester or even to holyhead and ireland can easily stop.

Going towards Maynooth, M4 motorway for Galway and the West of Ireland.

Motorway exits for Western Ireland and Dublin

Weirdly enough, this is the fastest way to get out of Ireland from Kilkenny (via the Rosslare ferry).

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).