Note: Most of the fishing in Ireland is free so Fishing Holidays in Ireland and Fisheries in Ireland and are listed together, just select the County in Ireland where you want to go from the links below.

Ireland has for many years been a Mecca for anglers in search of salmon, wild trout or for that magical 'ton' of superb Irish bream. Ireland is a favourite holiday destination with all anglers and is considered one of the most outstanding angling destinations in Europe for the coarse, sea, fly and pike angler.

There is a huge network of rivers, loughs and canals for the coarse angler to explore and with thousands of loughs and thousands of miles of riverbank in Ireland to fish from he will be spoilt for choice. To top that, unlike in England where you have to pay for a day ticket, in southern Ireland its mainly free fishing. Add to that, not many Irish people do much fishing, except for pike, salmon and trout fishing, this means that anglers on coarse fishing holidays in Ireland have the choice of the some of best bream, roach, tench, rudd and eel fishing on offer. Many of waters in Ireland are still 'virgin waters', having seldom if ever seen a rod and line but these waters in Ireland contain the possibility of huge bags of fish and maybe a new record fish.
Although fishing in Ireland is predominantly known for its coarse fishing, game fishing holidays in Ireland fishing for atlantic salmon and sea trout is also very popular, with many anglers taking their fishing holiday in Ireland year after year. The salmon and trout can be caught in most rivers with runs of salmon starting in the spring through to autumn. Summer fishing with fly or lure can be very productive as this is generally the time of the big runs of grilse.
Many of the loughs in Ireland hold trout and in some rainbow trout have been introduced. There are also commercial fisheries, some of which offer fishing holidays.

Ireland is also recognised as being one of premier sea angling destinations in the world.
For the sea fisherman, Ireland has some of the cleanest waters in Europe to fish in. With approximately 4,000 miles of coastline finding a good fishing spot shouldn't be very difficult. There are around 80 species of fish found off the coast of Ireland such as Atlantic Salmon, Char, Bass, Cod, Coalfish, Atlantic Blue Shark and the massive Blue Fin Tuna of over 800lb. The sea angler on a fishing holiday in Ireland has a vast variety fish to target and the chance of the fish of a lifetime is always on the cards.

If you’ve pondered over an angling trip to Ireland, fancied your chances in one of the many angling festivals such as The King of Clubs or you've been contemplating a coarse, sea, fly or pike fishing holiday in Ireland, then go for it. Your fishing holiday in Ireland, one of the world’s premier angling destinations, could turn out to be the fishing holiday of a lifetime Whatever your type of fishing there is a fishing holiday in Ireland for you.

Browse through these pages to find your ideal fishing holiday in Ireland.