Needs work on it to improve it. - Rated 
This atlas is very good on the minor roads (L roads) of Ireland however it has some major failings. It is very frustrating when trying to find tourist sites such as the tombs and hillforts of the Burren, co. Clare. They are either absent altogether or marked in the wrong place. Most of the houses open to the public in Wicklow are missed off plus all sorts of other basic tourist stuff is missing. The position of the golf courses are accurate though, so even if you don't like golf they at least can help you to find yourself! In trying to make labelling clear, names of towns are sometimes so far from where they actually are that you can think they are on another road altogether. The small towns of Kerry are represented by a single white blob and what happens to the road underneath the blob is a total mystery. The town of Kenmare in co. Kerry, which is quite a substantial town, is a prime example and it's a miracle that we're still not trying to get out of it. Also a lot of the new roads being built are not drawn as under construction even in the 2007 edition and the routes of them would have been known then (example: the N10 mysteriously stopping on page53). This is only the second edition. Hopefully future editions will have the detail of a tourist atlas (eg the AA one) incorporated into the excellent minor road network.
this road atlas is now out of date - Rated
This is the best laid out and most detailed Road Atlas of Ireland. The scale, about four miles to the inch, is decent. The atlas size is good. Big enough to see a reasonable area, still small enough to open on your lap in the car. The spiral binding is a good idea. The paper is reasonably strong. The main roads are easy to read. You can still get lost in the spiders web of minor roads in some areas. The coloured shading for hill areas gives some idea of the terrain. Naming of places is good . Not only towns and villages but also major townlands - which are areas of countryside. This is important as country addresses are usually by the townland.
On the other hand this 2004 Edition is now out of date. There has been plenty of road building in the Republic of Ireland since it came out. The town plans are not nearly as good as in the first edition. Only a limited number of roads are shown and none are named. As a tourist in Ireland you wont find your way to a specific address in any of these towns using these maps.
If up not getting lost is your priority you will need to get a more up to date map book, or sheet map of Ireland. My experience of trying to navigate around new roads in Ireland with old maps is that it can be difficult. The new signposting often doesn't acknowledge the old main roads that have been bypassed. Because of that I am only giving this two stars for use in 2008.
There is a newer 2007 Edition of this atlas available on amazon that has a motorway snaking through the countryside on its cover. That is the one to buy.
Very useful - Rated 
This a good touring map of Ireland
It was printed in 2004 and does not include the recent Limerick by-pass, It features rather well all the drivable road in the country and offer information about golfing and includes city maps of all the main cities.
Following this map we were able to find the old house of a distant relative by identifying features in the map such as trees and hills.
The only problem is that as is so detailed you might have to look at several pages to have an idea of the route to follow.
A fantastic road atlas! - Rated
The Complete Road Atlas of Ireland is exactly what it says it is! An excellent, easy to read, highly detailed road map of the entire island of Ireland. It includes city maps, motoring information for north and south, plus a gazetteer (an index of cities, towns and villages to you and me) Motoring information (examples of warning and regulatory signs which differ slightly between Northern Ireland and the Republic) and a legend to the maps begin the book. The layout takes you from west Donegal on page 1 to east Cork on page 70, with the city maps - Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Londonderry, Armagh, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, Lisburn, Newry and Waterford taking the reader to page 84. An index of Golf Clubs in each county follows with grid references. Scale: 1 cm = 2 kms / 1 in = 3.3 miles The detail is exceptional - highly recommended !
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