VisitIreland offers car rentals at four convenient city locations, north, south, west and city centre. In addition car rental is offered at three nearby locations including, The Dublin International Airport, Swords and Dún Laoghaire. Some Dublin City car hire depots may have limited early morning and evening hours and may be closed on Sundays and holidays. As an alternative car rental is available at the Dublin Airport 7-days a week with extended hours. The car rental desks are located in the arrivals hall of the airport which is open to the general public without airport security screening. The Airport is conveniently located approximately10 km north of the city near the junction of M50 and M1. There is good public transit between Dublin City and the Dublin Airport.

The key to getting around Dublin is the recently completed M50 (also referred to as “The Ring Road”). The M50 is a C shaped road looping around the westerly side Dublin City and provides access to all major routes to/from Dublin from M1 to the North to the M11 to the south.

About Dublin

Dublin is the capital of The Republic of Ireland and is the largest city on the Isle of Ireland. Dublin is located in the Province of Leinster, at the confluence of the River Liffey and Dublin Bay, an inlet of the Irish Sea. The city is naturally divided north and south by the River Liffey. Although Dublin is the largest City in Ireland it is rather small compared to other capital cities. Central Dublin and environs are easy to explore by foot. In addition to being the capital and largest city in Ireland Dublin is the business and cultural hub of Ireland.
Dublin in Irish is Dubh-linn which translates as “Black Pool” in English. Dublin City’s origins date back over a thousand years as a Viking trading post. 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 a lot 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 City Car Rentals And So Much More!

VisitIreland 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.