during the daytime carrick usually has about a kilometre of traffic going into it from the west. you should ask your driver to let you out and then walk alongside the queue of cars into town with yr thumb, a sign and a big smile and see if anybody waves you over. handy way to pass the stroll into town and better than sitting in traffic

its a good spot you can ask around the petrol station or stay on the road and catch a lift from long queues of cars passing through town. far better to be dropped off here then at one of the m4 exits to mullingar further down the road. ive been dropped here twice in the last year and it hasnt failed me. signed for dublin, picked up by a tour bus and hailed as a celebrity.

roundabout indeed good.

hello again friend of a friend

got dropped here on my way south east and figured thumbing a ride to collooney would be quicker than hitching back to sligo and starting over, i was lucky to get a lift all the way to carrick but you could be here a while i was met with some cold stares from drivers.

just be careful taking rides from stoner surfers dont get dropped in ballysadare its out of yr way and u could be stuck there a while waiting for a lift to get back on the main road. signed for boyle / carrick

lazy saturday morning, still fair amount of traffic since its a big commuter road to sligo from enniskillen, belcoo/blacklion and vice versa. signed for sligo town.

quiet enough road around 3 on a thursday, could be a while waiting for a lift here but also its probably a busier spot around rush hour.

its pretty sketch to stand on the side of the road here in the rain, especially with the amount of trucks going by, but theres room plenty to pull in. signed for enniskillen.

signed for enniskillen, mostly local drivers or people turning off towards monaghan. sign for butlers bridge or belturbet to filter the traffic. i was a while getting a loft but it was also a rainy day and i looked fairly crusty.

this town is where i first started hitchhiking many years ago! the n3 which passes through here takes traffic going to cavan, monaghan, enniskillen, donegal and bundoran, lots of hgv and cars in general, plus holiday goers in the summer. took a ride to cavan after 5 minutes.

not a whole lot of traffic but drivers going to virginia will take this road to avoid the toll. signed for virginia. nice view of the folly from here :-)

signed for kells. stand before the bend well after the traffic lights, theres good room to pull over.

dead stretch of road midday thursday, but people will pull in regardless. signed for navan.

got a lift to the hill of tara. signed for tara / navan

signed for dunshaughlin, fairly busy road, lots of HGV

thursday morning, mostly local drivers. i signed for navan and got a lift only 5 minutes down the road. cars are reluctant to stop, i would take a bus to dunboyne or the park and ride further up the N3 to get out of Dublin.

weekend not so many cars, standing at the bus stop is nice cause cars aren't as fast yet and there's much space for them to stop. on the N2 here the cars are very fast. could probably go south or north from this spot as there were cars going both ways

some space to pull in, cars slow after roundabout, went to carrickmacross, not that many cars on weekend early in day

went to castleblayney, didn't have a sign, cars are pretty fast, big shoulder

Going towards Prague. Very good spot to catch trucks or cars going in the direction of Prague or further. A little bit annoying to reach though. I went up the slope next to the highways bridge to the west of the service station and walked on the outside of the barrier next to the highway for about 500 metres. Got a ride with a Moldovan truck driver who was going all the way to Ireland!

not a whole lot of space to pull over for drivers but its ireland so they will pull over anyway. direction dublin.

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).