I didn't like it here but I did end up getting a lift; cars are fast and not loads, there's a big shoulder there to pull in, they can see you from fairly far away

was walking down the road for 15 or 20mins before encountering a car going my way, which also picked me up but it was also the only car so I was seeing myself walking all the way

if yr hitching locally I'd say this is far enough outside town, I didn't wanna walk anymore and it worked out. there's a bus stop which you can stand in front of or the drive in to the college

was kinda fun being here, there's a kinda car park a bit up or the driveway where cars can pull in, I went to athlone

big shoulder, cars slow, roundabout good

it's funny how a hitchhiking spot can feel so important, it's a good spot everything's the same

so you want to stand behind the sign for enfield and kilcock as opposed to dublin. people take this road to dublin to avoid the tolls on the m4. drivers are a lot more likely to pick you and you meet nicer people on the R148 than trying to hitch onto the motorway.

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

bit of a wait but standing well behind this roundabout catches all the traffic leaving carrick and filters most of the local shop bound drivers. space for smaller trucks to pull in too.

second car stopped for me, signed for carrick, maybe because it was festival season though

its a bit far to walk to from town but if you get dropped here its a great spot. theres space back towards the other roundabout for trucks to pull in, the ones marked Connolly and Lynn drive to Donegal from Dublin and often break here. signed for carrick.

avoid getting dropped here, the other two exits have better lifts leaving mullingar going north west. visibility is poor here and there isnt much space to pull in but an entrepeneuring driver can pull in all the same, or even a trucker as in my case. signed for longford.

to get out of dublin hitch from the next intersection or the one after, this one has too much local traffic. signed for kilcock

Good spot for north, traffic from Wicklow passing here. Can ask at the petrol station and thumb at the road at the same time

Most people on the Rosslare ferry heading west or south, but def possible to find northbound. Overnight ferry quite empty but on the afternoon one straight to Dublin should be doable

i went to Emo but you could prolly also sign for motorway or Dublin Kildare Naas from here, there's a speedbump so everyone's going v slow, loads of drive ins to pull into, portlaoise seems to love roundabouts as much as me so there's many good spots along this road

there's a speedbump here so everyone's suuper slow, loads of space to pull in, decent amount of cars going signed for fermoy and got to portlaois, I don't think that's the average experience here but it's great being at the right spot at the right time

a few people stopped for me who were going towards waterford til I made a sign for fermoy, I didn't love this spot cars are pretty fast but it gets you out of cork alright

there's really not a lot of cars, the like 20th car picked me up tho, signed for kildare and got to Dublin, there's a shoulder and cars are slow

i tried signing for ennis here at first but no luck - most of the campgrounds are closer to town or on the other side, yr better off going thru town past the supervalu and signing at the bottom of that wee hill.

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).