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Here's some Irish advice from an Irishman who's toured Ireland a few times.
Suggest from your neck of the woods Fishguard Rosslare ferry - turn left off the ferry and keep going keeping the sea to your left. No seriously.
Rosslare to Cork via Waterford and join the Wild Atlantic Way at Cork.
Wild Atlantic Way | Ireland.com
When you finish in WAW in Derry join the Causeway Coast Route round to Belfast taking the Antrim Coast Road (including a bit of the NW200 road race route and Joey's Memorial and Bar is a must)
Causeway Coastal Route
Then pick up the East Coast Tourist route back through the Wicklow Mountains to Wexford and Rosslare.
http://www.ireland.com/en-gb/itinera.../celtic-coast/
A word of caution. The Wild Atlantic Way is as long as the coast of Norway. Don't be fooled by the distances. They are all Irish Miles! so if you are short of time you will have to be realistic on what you can achieve.
Try taking a few of the short ferry hops across the Loughs. The Shannon ferry at Tarbert. The Swilly Ferry at Rathmullen. The Foyle Ferry at Greencastle. The Strangford Ferry at Portaferry. They all add to the experience.
A month should do it justice. PM me if you want any more suggestions. Regards Victor
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Here's some Irish advice from an Irishman who's toured Ireland a few times.
Suggest from your neck of the woods Fishguard Rosslare ferry - turn left off the ferry and keep going keeping the sea to your left. No seriously.
Rosslare to Cork via Waterford and join the Wild Atlantic Way at Cork.
Wild Atlantic Way | Ireland.com
When you finish in WAW in Derry join the Causeway Coast Route round to Belfast taking the Antrim Coast Road (including a bit of the NW200 road race route and Joey's Memorial and Bar is a must)
Causeway Coastal Route
Then pick up the East Coast Tourist route back through the Wicklow Mountains to Wexford and Rosslare.
http://www.ireland.com/en-gb/itinera.../celtic-coast/
A word of caution. The Wild Atlantic Way is as long as the coast of Norway. Don't be fooled by the distances. They are all Irish Miles! so if you are short of time you will have to be realistic on what you can achieve.
Try taking a few of the short ferry hops across the Loughs. The Shannon ferry at Tarbert. The Swilly Ferry at Rathmullen. The Foyle Ferry at Greencastle. The Strangford Ferry at Portaferry. They all add to the experience.
A month should do it justice. PM me if you want any more suggestions. Regards Victor


Cheers victor wish I had a month spare, will probably only have 7 - 10 days available this time round but will definitely have a look at some of those routes.
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Hi Charlie, I went to Ireland in 2011 for 7 nights and it was my first trip on a bike . There were 6 of us in total, 3 bikes (one with pillion) and one car. We ended up doing a mix of Camping, B&Bs and one Outdoor activity centre hostel type accommodation that I managed to haggle a good price on for the group.

Took the ferry from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire. Spent a night in Dublin (camping on the outskirts and got the bus in), then headed to the Giants Causeway.

On the trip we also visited the Guiness Factory, Bushmills distillery, Father Ted's house and took in the Wild Atlantic way. Joey Dunlop's bar is also meant to be well worth a visit but we didn't make it on that occasion.

Found everybody there to be really friendly and a lot of people we bumped into were really into their bikes.

We kept the plan quite loose, normally planning where our next stop would be by speaking to locals in the pubs etc the night before. We only pre booked where to stay for the first and last night. Appreciate that isn't to everybody's preference when it comes to planning but worked well for us.

The post recommending the Brecons before the ferry sounds a good idea. I went through them on a separate trip and the roads / scenery are brilliant.

Have a good time.
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