From the ferry crossing into Rosslare to windswept clifftop walks along the Wild Atlantic Way, our Ireland travel guides cover the villages, harbours, and hidden corners we’ve explored on our own campervan road trip — starting in County Wexford and expanding across the country as we cover more ground.
Each guide includes practical tips on ferries, parking, timing your visit, and what to bring, drawn straight from our own experience on the road.
Our Ireland Road Trip, Stop by Stop
Every place we’ve written about, with van parking notes, directions and the full guide one click away.
by THE OVRTLND ↗Ireland Travel Guides
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Supermac’s Ireland Review: Our Honest First Impression
If you’re planning a road trip through Ireland, chances are you’ll come across Supermac’s sooner or later — and in this Supermac’s Ireland review, we want to share exactly what happened when we did. It wasn’t planned at all. Our first stop was Supermac’s Portlaoise Town, right after picking up…
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Rindoon Castle: A Locked Gate and a Lucky Find at Lough Ree
On our way to our accommodation in Lisacul, we stopped in Portlaoise for lunch at Supermac’s and to pick up our Three Ireland prepaid SIM before continuing west. With a bit of time to spare, we planned a detour to Rindoon Castle, a ruined medieval castle on the shores of…
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Brownshill Dolmen, Carlow: Europe’s Heaviest Capstone
Just a short drive from Duckett’s Grove, which we’d visited earlier that day, sits one of Ireland’s most impressive prehistoric sites: the Brownshill Dolmen. There’s a small car park right off the road, and from there it’s a short walk of under five minutes to the dolmen itself. What Makes…
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Three Ireland Prepaid SIM: Our Super Surfer Experience
Mobile data was one of the first things we sorted out after landing in Ireland. Our German SIM only comes with limited data in the EU, and for a longer road trip that just wasn’t going to cut it — so on our very first day, we stopped at a…
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Duckett’s Grove, Carlow: History, Legend, and Visitor Tips
After watching the sun come up over St. Helens Pier, our very first proper stop in Ireland was Duckett’s Grove in County Carlow — and it turned out to be a genuinely memorable way to start exploring the country. A roofless Gothic mansion rising out of open farmland, restored walled…
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St. Helens Pier: Our First Stop in Ireland
Every trip has to start somewhere, and for us, Ireland started at St. Helens Pier, a small harbour just a few minutes south of Rosslare Europort in County Wexford. It wasn’t really about the pier itself — it was about what it gave us at exactly the right moment: somewhere…
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Dunkirk to Rosslare Ferry: 24 Hours at Sea, Reviewed
We drove our own van from Germany all the way to Ireland, which meant one unavoidable question: how do you actually get a van across the sea? Our answer was the Dunkirk to Rosslare ferry with DFDS — a crossing of almost 24 hours from northern France straight to Ireland’s…
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Germany to Calais Route: Our Go-To Drive From Bavaria
Every time we head for the UK or Ireland, this is the Germany to Calais route we fall back on. We’re based in Bavaria, somewhere between Frankfurt and Würzburg, and after doing this drive enough times, we’ve settled on a version that works — reliable stops, no unnecessary detours, and…
