I'd give you advice, but this was my trip to Ireland nearly 5 years ago (middle to north, no south).. rented a car in dublin and did about 1300km in a week and a half (with 4 days in dublin)
we booked a hotel in dublin but were able to find a bed and breakfast place every night easily along the way.
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