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The best train tours in Ireland
11 trips in Ireland had enough verified data to score. The ranking below is fully mechanical; here is exactly how it works:
- Rail share (35%): the percent of the trip actually on trains, from the itinerary.
- Value (20%): price per day against the other trips on this page (cheaper per day scores higher).
- Data completeness (25%): full day-by-day itinerary, imagery, inclusions, and verified price.
- Departure breadth (20%): how many months the operator publishes departures for.
Self-guided 8-day rail trip through Dublin, Belfast and Galway
- Rail share
- 38
- Value
- 100
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
8 days · from $876 ($110/day)
Self-guided Dublin, Edinburgh, and London trip with an overnight sleeper train
- Rail share
- 13
- Value
- 91
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
8 days · from $1,259 ($157/day)
4-day escorted rail and coach tour of South Ireland from Dublin
- Rail share
- 25
- Value
- 64
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
4 days · from $927 ($232/day)
Self-guided rail trip from London to Dublin via an overnight Edinburgh sleeper
- Rail share
- 13
- Value
- 73
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
8 days · from $1,416 ($177/day)
Self-guided rail trip from London to Dublin via an overnight Edinburgh sleeper
- Rail share
- 13
- Value
- 73
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
8 days · from $1,416 ($177/day)
Partly guided Dublin, Killarney, and Ring of Kerry rail and coach tour
- Rail share
- 17
- Value
- 55
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
6 days · from $1,600 ($267/day)
8-day escorted rail, coach, and ferry tour across Ireland to Belfast
- Rail share
- 25
- Value
- 36
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
8 days · from $2,262 ($283/day)
Partly guided rail circuit around Ireland on a chartered heritage train
- Rail share
- 36
- Value
- 9
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
11 days · from $6,840 ($622/day)
Partly guided rail and coach circuit around Ireland from Dublin
- Rail share
- 25
- Value
- 27
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
13 days · from $4,448 ($342/day)
Escorted 7-day Ireland rail and coach tour from Dublin
- Rail share
- 14
- Value
- 45
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
7 days · from $1,883 ($269/day)