Explore Ireland
Four provinces. Five tourism regions. Thirty-two counties. One island worth exploring properly.
See all 32 counties →Explore by Province
Four provinces. Thirty-two counties. The way the island actually divides up.
Ulster
12 guidesRugged coastlines, ancient forts, and the most undervisited corner of the island.
Leinster
19 guidesFar more than Dublin, if you look beyond the capital.
Munster
14 guidesThe honeypots are here for a reason, but Munster rewards going deeper.
Connacht
13 guidesThe Aran Islands, and an Ireland that has not been smoothed for visitors.
Explore by Tourism Region
Failte Ireland markets the republic as three touring brands plus Dublin. Northern Ireland is Tourism NI and sits outside that scheme. These are the five you will see on road signs and in every brochure, and they overlap at the edges - Leitrim is on the Wild Atlantic Way and in the Hidden Heartlands both.
Wild Atlantic Way
2,500km of Ireland's western coastline - dramatic cliffs, remote beaches, and some of the most breathtaking coastal driving anywhere in Europe.
Ireland's Ancient East
Newgrange, Glendalough, the Rock of Cashel and Kilkenny's medieval lanes - 5,000 years of history spread across Ireland's east and southeast.
Ireland's Hidden Heartlands
The Shannon, its lakes and the quiet counties around them - Longford, Roscommon and Leitrim, where Ireland slows down and the coaches never come.
Dublin
Georgian streets, Viking history and literary pubs. Ireland's capital rewards a good deal more than the overnight stop most visitors give it.
Northern Ireland
A separate jurisdiction with a shared island. Belfast's Titanic Quarter, the Causeway Coast, and the most dramatic scenery on the north coast.