The Roads of Ireland
This was our tiny car the Nissan Micra. Hardly enough leg room for a large leprechaun.
Ireland is known for its tiny roadways. So we decided to take some pictures of Ireland's smallest roads if you can call them roads.
Can you believe this is at the end of a 4km road of this?
Our tiny rental car the Nissan Micra took up the whole road! There are maybe one or two pull off areas but let me tell you this is not a 2 car road.
This road to the Drombeg circle was definitely one of the smallest roads in Ireland. We almost got stuck off the side as we tried to make space for an oncoming car.
This is a beautiful little road in the Arran Islands used mainly for horses and tractors but you will see a few cars meandering around.
The horse and carraiges usually rule the road on the Aran Islands.
Here is another tiny road that Ireland will try to force two cars down.
Yes this is actually a road not a footpath we drove down it find the Gallarus Oratory.
Not exactly sure why they have yellow lines on either side because there's no getting around another car.
This is one of the more typical scenic coastal roads with a solid white line down the middle. I hope you're not afraid of heights because these cliffs are right next to the road.
This is another typical Irish road which has good space but no shoulder. When a coach bus rolls by you best believe your going to have to squeeze.
These small roads are always lined with stone walls, cliffs and mountains. Such is the Irish road way.
As an American traveling in Ireland you can bet it took a bit of time to adjust to driving on the right side. The only accident we had was hitting the curb and damaging our hubcap on our Avis car rental. We were wondering how much as dented hub cap would cost for a Avis rental car in Ireland but they didn't seem to car when we returned it.
Our Avis rental car return ticket shows over 1,200 kilometers traveled in 8 days.
That's 150km a day!
This is a perfect example of where you can park and where you will get a parking ticket in Ireland. We got a 40€ parking ticket on the ring of Kerry so I would take notice. The double yellow line is no parking and the single yellow line where the Irish dog is walking is okay for parking.
Here is a little dublin alley way that leads to the Guinness factory. No parking on either side helps.
Here is a small Irish road in Clonakilty Ireland. Great little sea side views but tiny roads in this area of Ireland.
This was the bend we hit the curb and put a dent in our Avis rental car hub cap. But again it wasn't a big deal.
Small towns like Sneem and Cahersiveen will pop up on any highway that's not a "Motorway" like M7 or M8.
Here is a regular road on the Irish motor way with some nice space for turning off. Which is actually quite rare.
But these small cars do come in handy with on-coming coach buses!
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