UK & Ireland Travel eSIM
One eSIM for UK & Ireland — the two-jurisdiction trip, one profile.
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Buy now — the plan activates when you land, not when you pay.
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Where the UK & Ireland plan works
The UK and Ireland are one trip and two telecoms jurisdictions, and the gap between those two facts is where the roaming bills come from. Britain is outside the EU roaming area; Ireland is inside it. A plan sold for one has no obligation to work in the other, and the border on the island of Ireland is invisible enough that a phone can wander across it without you leaving the room.
Both countries on every plan here. Nothing reaches this page without GB and IE together in its coverage. That takes in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the British side, and the Republic on the other.
The Crown Dependencies are the exception worth reading about. The Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey are not part of the UK for coverage purposes and carry their own codes. Plans that say United Kingdom frequently exclude them. If your route includes any of the three, the coverage panel on the individual plan is the only answer that counts.
The border-country case. Around Derry–Donegal and Newry–Dundalk, masts on both sides reach across, and single-country plans behave unpredictably: dropped data, or a connection that costs money. One profile carrying both jurisdictions makes the question disappear.
When to buy something else instead. A single-country stay is better served by United Kingdom or Ireland. A trip that continues to the Continent by Eurostar or a budget flight wants the Europe plan — this pair stops at the water.
Every plan below covers both countries — the whole set, on one profile with one allowance, from $5.49. Nothing to install at the border, and nothing left stranded on a second SIM when the trip ends.
What each plan covers
Every plan below covers both countries. Some reach further — open one to see exactly where it works.
2 GB · 15 days — 2 countries
Ireland · United Kingdom
7 GB · 30 days — 2 countries
Ireland · United Kingdom
15 GB · 30 days — 2 countries
Ireland · United Kingdom
30 GB · 30 days — 2 countries
Ireland · United Kingdom
50 GB · 30 days — 2 countries
Ireland · United Kingdom
Country pages for each member
How to install it
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Buy in a minute
Pick a UK & Ireland plan and pay. Your QR code arrives by email within minutes — no account, no shipping.
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Install on Wi-Fi
Scan the code before you fly. The profile sits alongside your normal SIM and stays switched off until you need it.
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Land connected
Turn on data roaming for the TravelNet line when you arrive. The plan starts counting down on that first connection, not at checkout.
Will my phone work?
You need an eSIM-capable, carrier-unlocked phone: an iPhone XS or newer, a Pixel 3 or
newer, or a recent Samsung Galaxy S, Z or A-series flagship. Dial *#06# — if
an EID number is listed alongside the IMEI, the phone has an eSIM.
Other regional plans
One profile, one allowance, no swapping SIMs at a border.
Planning a multi-country trip? Find the plans that cover every stop →
UK & Ireland eSIM questions
Why is a UK and Ireland pair plan a thing at all?
Because they are two separate telecoms jurisdictions that people treat as a single trip. Britain left the EU roaming area; Ireland remains inside it; and a product sold for one is under no obligation to function in the other. Everything listed here carries both GB and IE, which is the entire reason this page exists.
Does this cover Northern Ireland?
Yes — Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and sits under GB, so it is covered by every plan here. It is also the one place on these islands where you can cross an international border without noticing, which is precisely why a plan covering only one side causes trouble.
What about crossing between Derry and Donegal, or Newry and Dundalk?
That is the case this page is built for. The border is unmarked and phones near it can pick up the other jurisdiction's network from several kilometres away, which on a single-country plan means either no data or an unexpected charge. With both countries on one profile, the handover is invisible and the allowance is shared.
Are the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey included?
Usually not. For telecoms purposes the Crown Dependencies sit outside the United Kingdom under codes of their own, so products badged United Kingdom routinely leave them out. If the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands are on your route, the plan's coverage panel is the only thing worth trusting.
Is one allowance shared across both countries?
Yes. The data is held once and drawn down wherever you happen to be, so a week in Kerry and a week in Yorkshire come off the same balance. Nothing is ring-fenced per jurisdiction and nothing resets when you fly or sail between them.
Will it work on the ferries and the Eurostar?
On the Irish Sea ferries you will hold a signal near both coasts and lose it mid-crossing — that is geography, not the plan. The Eurostar leaves this pair's coverage the moment it reaches France, so a London–Paris leg needs the Europe plan or a French plan instead.
Is 5G available on these plans?
On the plans badged for it, and only where whichever carrier you land on has actually built it. British 5G is good across the larger cities and thin between them; Irish 5G clusters around Dublin, Cork and Galway. The rest of both islands runs LTE, which handles everything short of tethered video editing.
Two country plans instead — better or worse?
Worse for most itineraries. It means two QR codes and two balances that cannot be pooled, and whichever leg you underestimated runs dry first. Unless one country is a single overnight stop, the pair plan removes a decision rather than adding one. The separate pages are still there: United Kingdom, Ireland.
Do I keep my own number?
Yes. This installs as a data-only second line beside your existing SIM, so calls, texts and bank codes keep landing on the number you already have. Turn roaming off for that home line before departure and it cannot bill you quietly in the background.
Is there any registration or ID requirement?
None. Neither jurisdiction demands identity checks for prepaid mobile to begin with, and even where a country does, a roaming profile sidesteps it — you remain a visitor carried by a partner network rather than anybody's registered customer.
What if I add Scotland's islands or the Hebrides?
All covered under GB, with the same rural signal reality any UK network has out there: strong in the settlements, thin between them, and dependent on which partner network the profile has attached to. Nothing about an eSIM makes remote coverage better or worse than a local SIM on the same network.