Off to Dublin & N.Ireland in the z4, any road recommendations?

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Im off to Ireland for a weeks R&R trip soon in the car, visiting Dublin, Belfast, Giants Causeway then onto northwest before returning to Dublin to catch the ferry back. Any road route recommendations from forum members?
 
markplant said:
The Atlantic coastal route is good
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Only slight issue might be that Dublin, Belfast and the Giant's Causeway are nowhere near the Atlantic coast - they are on the other side of the country!
 
Are you driving north out of Dublin? If so, take the port tunnel to bypass the city traffic, then the motorway to the north. Have some Euro coins ready for the tolls. If you have the time, at Newry take either the coastal or a mountain route to Newcastle. If you take the mountain route make sure you find the highest road. If you go the coastal route, in Rostrevor drive up to the top of the hill in Kilbroney Forest: it's about a mile, narrow forest road with hairpins and 1 in 5 gradient and great views from the top. From Newcastle go to Strangford and take the ferry across the narrows, then the westerly route alongside the lough to Newtownards and on to Belfast. From Belfast you might as well take the main road to Larne, and then follow the coast road all the way round to the Giants Causeway and the northwest.
 
Spock said:
Are you driving north out of Dublin? If so, take the port tunnel to bypass the city traffic, then the motorway to the north. Have some Euro coins ready for the tolls. If you have the time, at Newry take either the coastal or a mountain route to Newcastle. If you take the mountain route make sure you find the highest road. If you go the coastal route, in Rostrevor drive up to the top of the hill in Kilbroney Forest: it's about a mile, narrow forest road with hairpins and 1 in 5 gradient and great views from the top. From Newcastle go to Strangford and take the ferry across the narrows, then the westerly route alongside the lough to Newtownards and on to Belfast. From Belfast you might as well take the main road to Larne, and then follow the coast road all the way round to the Giants Causeway and the northwest.
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Some great suggestions thanks! Its a bit of a road trip so I plan to avoid any motorways from the minute I leave home to the minute I get back.
 
It's still worth taking the tunnel to avoid all the city traffic, provided you are going north of course. Also worth fitting in a trip through the Wicklow mountains, maybe at the end just before going back to Dublin. Especially the Sally Gap, used to be a popular Circuit of Ireland rally stage.
 
The tunnel is well worth it to avoid the traffic, having spent 2 years in Dublin every week I know that the traffic is "challenging".

I actually would avoid Dublin altogether as I still have not find anything attractive about it :o
 
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