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Do you know that there may be age restrictions on renting airline ticket brokers cars in Ireland? Many offices of the Fill in the Blank International Car Rental Company are in fact local franchises, so you may find local restrictions despite the parent company having none or more lenient ones. Not everyone seems to recognize that 70 is the new 50.
Yes, the roads are narrow - but the problem is not the size of one car (unless you've got a Hummer or something)- it's all the other hazards on the road. Once on local roads be very careful to watch out for the SHEEP
I love it when people think its easier to crash a car that is 3" each side wider. At 6'2" 200lb+ I would opt for a minimum Focus/Golf/Megan size. There are some micro car offerings from Hertz an the like but only children ride peddle cars.
HAHAHA..DD becomes a Granny B in April!!! We rented from Dan Dooley and were just fine. A Ford Focus as great but 4 adults?? Plus, manual and left hand drive..The left hand/arm airline ticket brokers gets pretty darned tired. Luggage presents a problem also..Carry ons only are appropriate for this size car's trunk space. What are your options for the next size??
It would be for automatic shift cars also!! Such is the price for the awesome experience airline ticket brokers of "doing Ireland"!!! Watch out for the traffic airline ticket brokers circles also, even the tiny ones painted on the intersecions..not fun..goimg airline ticket brokers around the opposite way that we are used to doing..
We did driving tour of Ireland in May 2012. DO DO DO opt for automatic transmission - worth the money when you are trying to drive on the "wrong side" of the road. Do opt for a midsize car. There were 2 of us and we travel with only carryon luggage and were fine in small car but for 4 people?? GPS is very helpful overall but most of the country roads are not marked with names so it is often a real search to find your destination - but half the fun is in getting there!
Four of us were in Ireland and we had a car, next size up from Ford Focus. Fortunately we were renting an apartment only an hour or so from Shannon as we couldn't get all of the stuff in the trunk and the two in the back seat had things piled around them. We only had to deal with the luggage to and from airport as we did day trips from cottage.
It would have helped the luggage situation if my traveling companions had not had hard sided luggage. The soft sided stuff has a bit of give so that you can work it into nooks and crannies. Also might have helped if they had had a little less stuff. (But we had a wonderful trip and a lot of laughs!)