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Ireland is located in Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain. The land area is actually slightly larger than the state of West Virginia. The Irish terrain is mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; there are sea cliffs are on west coast. Ireland has a strategic location on major air and sea routes between North America and northern Europe.
Over 40% of the population resides within 97 km of Dublin, the capital city. Ireland has a total of 92,500 km of highway systems. 115 km are expressways and 5,456 km are unpaved. If you want to see all of that the Irish land has offer, then plan to rent a car in Ireland. Driving is the best way to get around and to do everything at a leisurely pace.
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