caught a lift straight to ennis early monday morning. anywhere on the oranmore bypass is good but this spot will catch all the traffic leaving town and its right after a roundabout so cars are slowed :-)

2ppl, Tuesday evening, dir. Mulranny. Almost dark, hitched at the exit from the gas station.

2ppl, Tuesday afternoon, direction Mallaranny. Made sense to try after the roundabout and it worked well.

2ppl, Tuesday afternoon, direction Westport. Quickly found a ride to Leenaun. The driver invited us for the dinner in the hotel as well. Super generous!

2ppl, tuesday morning, direction north. Many cars passing, but it took us 15 mins to get a lift to Letterfrack. Okayish spot, but not ideal since it is after the bend.

2ppl, monday lunchtime, dir. Clifden. Right after we walked to the intersection, a car stopped and took us to Clifden. Intersections like these are really nice I think, since the cars have to slow down, making it easier for them to stop and take you.

2ppl, monday morning, dir. Clifden. Low traffic, so it was not a problem for the car to stop on the road. The car took us just a bit up north. Nice but expensive cafe close to the spot, to charge batterries.

2ppl, Sunday afternoon. Initially wanted to go to Killarney, stood with a KERRY sign (county Kerry). But we got the ride to Galway instead, and we didn't regret. Good spot for several directions. Cars can go quite fast already, so having a big sign is a good idea.

2ppl, wednesday evening, direction Limerick. We decided to get dropped off here, since our driver was only going to Naas. We found a ride immediately, asking the first van driver. Probably very lucky us, but it seemed nevertheless like a good spot. Moderate traffic.

2ppl, wednesday afternoon. We came from Dundalk, wanting to get a ride towards Limerick. Our strategy was to find a ride from someone going past Dublin to Red Cow (a Luas stop, on the west side of Dublin), take the Luas and then continue from there hitchhiking west to Limerick. The strategy worked quite well, as we found that person really soon. We asked around at the entrance of the station.

2ppl, wednesday afternoon, direction Dublin. Big service station in the direction of Dublin. Stood at the exit with the sign.

2ppl, wednesday afternoon, direction Dublin. Found a ride quite shortly to the next service station south from here. We found this roundabout to be much safer spot than the other one on the ramp.

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

Not very busy. Waited with "Galway" sign and got a ride to Oranmore.

Mostly local traffic, but generous shoulder.

Not many cars when we were there, but plenty of space to pull over.

usually this spot is good but on a sunday in august it was slow getting a ride west.

pretty much every car going direct to galway uses this road - also good for rides to ballinrobe, headford etc.

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.

Perks include shade trees, slower speeds, long space to stop, and good visibility.

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).