You don't need specific travel insurance but it's no harm letting your motorcycle insurance company know you are taking the bike over here. Please be careful where you park your bike - we have had several high profile cases of fully loaded bikes being stolen because they had been left unlocked in urban no-go areas. If you want my route suggestion it would be to meander through county wicklow, via Roundwood, Avoca and Blessington into County Wexford and then hug the coast around to Hook Head get the Ballyhack ferry to County Waterford. If you want something a little more scenic head west and ride as much of the Wild Atlantic Way as possible.

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