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The best train tours in Ireland
35 hotel-based trips in Ireland had enough verified data to score; hostel and self-guided rail-pass trips are not ranked here. The ranking below is fully mechanical; here is exactly how it works:
- Eligibility: only hotel-based tours are ranked. Trips built around hostels or self-arranged accommodation are left out, since these guides recommend hotel-inclusive tours for the general traveller.
- Rail share (35%): the estimated share of itinerary days with a train leg (a share of days, not distance or time); trips not assessed are not ranked.
- Value (20%): price per day against the other hotel-based 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.
Seven-day self-guided rail journey from UK through Dublin and Belfast
- Rail share
- 65
- Value
- 77
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
7 days · from $1,214 ($173/day)
15-day independent rail loop through Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Rail share
- 65
- Value
- 66
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
15 days · from $2,835 ($189/day)
Self-guided 8-day rail trip through Dublin, Belfast and Galway
- Rail share
- 38
- Value
- 100
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
8 days · from $922 ($115/day)
Twelve-day escorted rail, coach, and ferry tour around Ireland
- Rail share
- 65
- Value
- 37
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 13
12 days · from $3,897 ($325/day)
Private heritage Pullman train through Ireland, Dublin to Belfast, 8 days
- Rail share
- 75
- Value
- 3
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 25
8 days · from $5,942 ($743/day)
Eight-day private Pullman heritage train tour across Ireland from Dublin to Belfast
- Rail share
- 75
- Value
- 3
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 25
8 days · from $5,942 ($743/day)
Independent rail trip through Dublin, Killarney and Galway
- Rail share
- 38
- Value
- 83
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
8 days · from $1,359 ($170/day)
Independent rail trip through Dublin, Cork, Killarney and Cobh
- Rail share
- 50
- Value
- 60
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
8 days · from $1,529 ($191/day)
Independent Dublin and Killarney rail trip featuring the Ring of Kerry
- Rail share
- 30
- Value
- 94
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
7 days · from $879 ($126/day)
Independent 10-day rail trip through Dublin, Cork, Killarney and Galway
- Rail share
- 40
- Value
- 74
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
10 days · from $1,749 ($175/day)