The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell an Ireland plan and get most of the traffic for this search. I read all six on the same day, for a long weekend in Dublin, two weeks driving the west coast, and a month, and I checked the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $14.99 or 30 days at $26.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $48.50 for 15 days and $71 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $12, and 50 GB for 30 days at $39, on Eir and Three with 5G.
20 GB for 30 days at $20 and 3 days of unlimited at $11, on Three and Eir with 5G.
Days, not gigabytes, on Three and Vodafone. $27.50 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 11 November 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi on their own sites or listings, Ringo Light from its catalogue. All in US dollars unless stated. Treat every number as a snapshot.
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The prices, charted
US dollars, 11 November 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad stops at 10 days, $33.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited, and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
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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.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
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 $14.99 for 2 weeks and $26.99 for 30 days, nothing renews. For a hire car loop of the west coast, this is the plan I would buy.
Before I pick a plan I check what unlimited means. 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 is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 2 weeks or 30 days, at the price above.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells 3 days of unlimited data at $8.99, and no 7-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $11 and a week at $25. If you stay a week, Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $14.99 still costs less than any rival's 7 days.
Networks, the west coast and Northern Ireland
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 I would save an offline map of the west before driving. 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, Ringo Light's included, is sold for the Republic, so if the Giant's Causeway or Belfast is on your route, I would 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.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- 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 dated 4 October; saily.com refused the fetch.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $14.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $26.99. 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. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM Ringo sells to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Ireland it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $14.99 and 30 days at $26.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
I write for Ringo, so I say plainly above where a rival is cheaper. The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light unlimited, 3 days, $8.99, against $11 at Nomad.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $14.99, 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.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $12.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $26.99. Nomad 20 GB at $20 if you mostly work on Wi-Fi.
A plan that names both countries. Ringo Light Europe covers Ireland and the UK: 2 weeks at $22.99 or 30 days at $35.99.
None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Ireland on 11 November 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.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/ireland-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, 29 October 2026; buckets and daily caps from esimdb.com/ireland/airalo, listing dated 28 October 2026; the network (Three) is kept from 23 September, as the listing names none; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-ireland/, prices in dollars and networks on the site, 29 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Saily: esimdb.com/ireland/saily, listing dated 4 October 2026; saily.com refused the fetch on 29 October 2026; the same prices stood on the esimdb listing read 11 November 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/ireland-esim, dollar prices and the daily cap as read on the esimdb listing dated 20 September 2026; on 29 October 2026 nomadesim.com did not show dollar prices to a normal request, so they were not re-read; networks from the page; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/ireland/, 10 GB and networks on the site, 29 October 2026; other plans from esimdb.com/ireland/ubigi, listing dated 28 October 2026; 5G kept from 16 September; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 11 November 2026.
Written and priced by the Ringo team. Prices change often; if you spot one that has moved, tell us through the contact page and we will update the table.
