The best eSIM for Ireland in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Ireland, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $12.99, a month for $21.99, which to buy.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell an Ireland plan and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a long weekend in Dublin, two weeks driving the west coast, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $12.99 or 30 days at $21.99, one payment each, nothing renews. Airalo asks $48.50 for 15 days and $71 for the month.
Ubigi: Cheapest 10 GB bucket. 10 GB for 30 days at $12, and 50 GB for 30 days at $39, on Eir and Three with 5G.
Nomad: Cheapest 20 GB and cheapest 3 days. 20 GB for 30 days at $20 and 3 days of unlimited at $11, on Three and Eir with 5G.
Holafly: Simplest unlimited. Days, not gigabytes, on Three and Vodafone. $27.50 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Model: Airalo Buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets or unlimited days; Nomad Buckets or unlimited days; Ubigi Buckets, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $11.50; Holafly $11.90; Saily No 3-day plan; Nomad $11; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $27; Holafly $27.50; Saily No 7-day plan; Nomad $25; Ubigi 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $19; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $12.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days $48.50; Holafly 15 days $50.50; Saily 15 days $48.99; Nomad No 15-day plan; 10 days $33; Ubigi 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $29; Ringo Light $12.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $71; Holafly $73.90; Saily $71.99; Nomad No 30-day unlimited; Ubigi 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $49; Ringo Light $21.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $17; Holafly No buckets; Saily $17.99; Nomad $16; Ubigi $12; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $12.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $25.50; Holafly No buckets; Saily $25.99; Nomad $20; Ubigi No 20 GB; 50 GB $39; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $21.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Holafly No daily cap stated; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily 5 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Nomad 2 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Ubigi A fixed amount, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light No speed cap; starts with 10 or 20 GB, adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
Networks: Airalo Three, 4G; Holafly Three, Vodafone; Saily Not named on its listing; Nomad Three, Eir, 5G; Ubigi Eir, Three, 5G; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi No; Ringo Light No, one payment; the trip ends when it ends.
App needed: Airalo Yes; Holafly For the data balance; Saily Yes; Nomad Yes; Ubigi No, QR install; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
Most first trips to Ireland are a week or two in a hire car: Dublin, then west to Galway, Clare and Kerry. For about two weeks of unlimited, Airalo asks $48.50, Saily $48.99, Holafly $50.50, and Ubigi $29 for 30 GB at full speed. Nomad stops at 10 days for $33. For a month, $49 to $73.90. Ringo Light charges $12.99 for 2 weeks and $21.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Saily gives 5 GB a day, Nomad 2 GB. Ubigi gives 30 GB for 15 days or 60 GB for the month, then 2 Mbps. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Ringo Light has no speed cap: the 2 weeks starts with 10 GB and the 30 days with 20 GB, and when you have used 80% we add 10 GB once and charge the $12.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $25.98, still under every rival's two weeks; a heavy month costs $34.98, under Ubigi's $49 and under its 50 GB bucket at $39.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $11 and a week at $25. If you stay a week, our 2 weeks at $12.99 still costs less than any rival's 7 days.
Ireland has three networks that build their own masts: Vodafone, Three and Eir. All three cover Dublin, Cork, Galway and the main roads well. Out on the Atlantic coast, on the Ring of Kerry and in Connemara, signal comes and goes between villages on every network, so save an offline map of the west before you drive. Airalo rides Three on 4G, Holafly Three and Vodafone, Nomad and Ubigi Three and Eir with 5G.
Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. An Ireland plan, ours included, is sold for the Republic, so if the Giant's Causeway or Belfast is on your route, check that your plan names the UK, or buy a plan that covers both. Near the border your phone can also pick up a UK mast before you have crossed.
If your phone plan is from an EU country, it roams in Ireland at home prices under EU rules, within your carrier's fair use. Plans from the UK, the US and most other countries charge for roaming here, which is when a travel eSIM pays for itself.
Ubigi, $12 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days, on Eir and Three with 5G. It sells no 20 GB for the month; its 50 GB is $39.
Nomad, $16 for 10 GB. And the cheapest 20 GB at $20, on Three and Eir with 5G.
Airalo, $17 for 10 GB. Its Fáilte plan, 20 GB for $25.50, on Three.
Saily, $17.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $25.99. Its listing is from June; saily.com would not load for us.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $12.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $21.99. For a fixed 10 GB over a month, Ubigi is cheaper, and for 20 GB Nomad is. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
Ringo Light is our own data eSIM, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Ireland it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $12.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $21.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $12.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A long weekend in Dublin. Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $11. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Two weeks driving the west coast. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $12.99, less than any rival charges for a week. Ubigi 15 days at $29 for 30 GB if you want a fixed amount at full speed.
Two weeks, light use, budget first. Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $12.
A month, working from Dublin. Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $21.99, starting with 20 GB and adding 10 GB once for $12.99. Nomad 20 GB at $20 if you mostly work on Wi-Fi.
Ireland and Northern Ireland on one trip. A plan that names both countries. Ringo Light Europe covers Ireland and the UK: 2 weeks at $18.99 or 30 days at $28.99.
You need your own number to keep ringing. None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
What to do in Ireland, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from Dublin to Kerry and up to the Antrim coast, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The cities have good 4G and 5G; on the west coast, plan for gaps.
Ha'penny Bridge and the Liffey, Dublin. The iron footbridge from 1816 links Temple Bar to the north bank, a short walk from Trinity College and Grafton Street. Walk it at dusk when the lamps come on. The TFI Live app shows real-time arrivals for Dublin Bus, the Luas trams and the DART.
Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny. A Norman castle on the River Nore, at one end of the Medieval Mile that runs to St Canice's Cathedral. An easy day from Dublin by train or car. Buy the train from Dublin Heuston on the Irish Rail app and keep the ticket on your phone.
Cliffs of Moher, County Clare. Sea cliffs over 200 metres high run for about 14 kilometres along the Atlantic. Come early or late in the day to beat the coaches. Signal thins out on the back roads of Clare. Save an offline map before you leave Galway or Doolin.
The Long Walk, Galway. Coloured houses along the mouth of the River Corrib, a few minutes from the pubs and trad music of the Latin Quarter. Ferries to the Aran Islands leave from Rossaveal, west of the city. Check sailings on your phone the morning you go: weather cancels them.
Kylemore Abbey, Connemara, County Galway. A Benedictine abbey on the shore of a lough under wooded hills, with a walled Victorian garden. Connemara National Park and Diamond Hill are next door. Weather on the hills turns fast. Check the Met Éireann forecast before you start the Diamond Hill walk.
The Ring of Kerry, Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry. A road loop of about 180 kilometres around the peninsula, past beaches, bogs and mountain passes. Give it a full day. Coverage drops in the mountains and on the far side of the peninsula. Download the route offline and fill up in Killarney or Kenmare.
Ross Castle and Killarney National Park, Killarney, County Kerry. A fifteenth century tower house on Lough Leane, at the edge of the national park with Muckross House and Torc Waterfall. Hire a bike in town; a map app keeps you on the park paths from Ross Castle to Muckross.
The Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (UK). About 40,000 basalt columns step down into the sea, formed by an ancient lava flow. About three hours' drive north of Dublin, one hour from Belfast. This is the UK. An Ireland-only eSIM may not connect here, so bring a plan that covers both, like Ringo Light Europe.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Ireland on 28 September 2026, all on the same day, in US dollars. Each rival's price comes from its own website where it showed dollars, otherwise from an esimdb.com listing, and every source and its date is listed below. Ringo Light's prices come from the catalogue our checkout charges.
We compare the trips people actually book: a week, two weeks and a month of unlimited data, and a 10 GB bucket. We read each brand's fair use and speed rules and quote them as the brands state them. We did not run speed tests, so this page makes no speed claims for any brand.
Ringo Light is our own product. We put it in the table on the same terms as everyone else, and where a rival is the better buy the page says so.
Left out: Maya Mobile, we could not read its own prices for this country on the day, so it stays out rather than being guessed.
Source for Airalo: https://www.airalo.com/ireland-esim?currency=USD (unlimited in dollars on the site; buckets and network from esimdb.com/ireland/airalo, 23 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-ireland/ (prices in dollars and networks on the site, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/ireland/saily (listing dated 15 June 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/ireland/nomad (listing dated 20 September 2026).
Source for Ubigi: https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/ireland/ (10 GB on the site, updated 22 September 2026; other plans from esimdb.com/ireland/ubigi, 16 September 2026).
For two weeks or a month of unlimited data, Ringo Light: $12.99 for 2 weeks and $21.99 for 30 days on 28 September 2026, against $48.50 for 15 days and $71 for 30 days at Airalo. For 3 days, Nomad at $11. For a 10 GB bucket, Ubigi at $12; for 20 GB, Nomad at $20.
Airalo rides Three, Holafly Three and Vodafone, Nomad and Ubigi Three and Eir. Saily does not name its network on its listing. All three networks cover the cities and main roads; on the west coast signal is patchy on every one of them.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Saily after 5 GB, Nomad after 2 GB, Ubigi after its fixed full-speed amount. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
Not always. Northern Ireland, with the Giant's Causeway and Belfast, is in the UK. Airalo, Nomad and Ubigi list their Ireland plans for the Republic only, and so does Ringo Light Ireland. If you are crossing the border, buy a plan that names both, such as Ringo Light Europe at $18.99 for 2 weeks or $28.99 for 30 days.
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