Dublin Airport Code: DUB

Dublin Airport is Ireland’s largest and busiest and serves as Ireland’s primary international and domestic gateway and services over 25 million passengers annually. Car rental at the Dublin Airport is offered 7-days a week with extended hours of operation. The car hire desks are located in the ground level arrivals hall area of the terminal.

The Dublin Airport is located near the east coast of Ireland in the Fingal Region of County Dublin just outside of the suburban town of Swords approximately 10 km north of central Dublin. The airport is the home to AerLingus the flagship carrier of Ireland, as well as, Ryanair Europe’s largest airline and the City Jet operations of Air France. Dublin Airport services and facilities include duty free shopping, numerous restaurants, bars and shops, currency exchange and ATM machines and WiFi. In addition to Dublin Airport car hire VisitIreland offers car rentals in Dublin City with depots in the north, south and city centre.
The Airport is conveniently located just off the northern tier of M50 which is the primary beltway Dublin City. The M50 which lies to the west of the city in a horseshoe shaped fashion effectively links the north to the south. The M50 serves as a vital link to all major routes north, west and south starting with M1 to the north to M11 on the south.

About Dublin

Dublin is the most populace county in Ireland and is located on the east coast approximately midway between the northern and southern tips of the Isle Ireland. In addition to being the capitol and largest city in Ireland Dublin has become and ultra chic destination and the centre of Ireland’s commerce, communication and culture. Dublin is a compact city split north and south by the river Liffey that can be navigated on foot.
Dublin in Irish is Dubh-linn meaning Black Pool and was originally founded as a trading post and has a history of over a thousand years. Dublin is located in the Province of Leinster, at the mouth of the River Liffey, on Dublin Bay, an inlet of the Irish Sea. Its current official Irish name is Baile Atha Cliath, meaning Town of the Ford of the Hurdles. During the 13th to 16th centuries the territory around Dublin under English governance was called the “Pale”. Thus, traveling beyond this area or referring to an outside area in Ireland was often called “beyond the Pale” a phrase that is still used to this day to imply something or someone is “beyond limits” or “out of bounds”.
There is much to do in Dublin and the surrounding area. The points of interest and attractions are too numerous to mention but some noteworthy places to visit in Dublin City and County are The Guinness Storehouse, The Old Jamesons Distillery, Trinity College and The Book of Kells, Temple Bar, O’Connell and Grafton Streets, Kilmainham Goal, Croke Park and The GAA Museum, Christchurch Cathedral, Malahide and Dublin Castles, National Museum of Ireland and Irish Museum of Modern Art, Phoenix Park and The Dublin Zoo. Neighboring locations include New Grange and The Boyne River Valley (County Meath), Glendalough and The Wicklow National Park, Powerscourt House and Gardens (County Wicklow).

VisitIreland® Knows Dublin Airport Car Rentals And So Much More!

VisitIreland also offers much more than Dublin car hire including Dublin hotel and sightseeing packages, secure online hotel bookings, flexible “Go As You Please” self-drive packages (which include car rental, accommodation, touring guides and discount admission passes to top attractions) a complete range of escorted tours of Ireland and a range of day and short duration sightseeing excursions from Dublin. For more information on things to see and do in Ireland we encourage you to visit our brochures and regional guide of Ireland sections of our web site.