Can I visit Eire with my UK visa?

[morgana_d_t]

Can I travel to Eire with my UK visa?

[Pickle]

No, Eire is not part of the UK. Depending on which country you are from, you may have to get a visa from the Irish Embassy.

[DOB]

You should be able to get to Northern Ireland with your UK visa and travel from there to southern Ireland without a visa but you would probably be classed as illegal.

[cheyenne]

wasnt there a time when you didnt need a passport if you were british or from eire to travel to each others country???

[thewillow]

The country is called Ireland. Eire is its name in Irish. I cannot understand why people do this all the time. You wouldn't call Germany Deutschland would you.

[JFK]

Is Eire the Irish name for Ireland as in the whole island? Or is it the name for just the Republic of Ireland?