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Travel Details

The easiest way to get to Ireland and Galway is by air, and there are mainly three airports to choose form; Dublin, Shannon or Knock. The most convenient is to fly to Dublin airport and take a bus from there. See below for more details on how to get from the different airports to Galway.

Buses

Dublin – Galway

There are two ways to reach Galway from Dublin and Dublin airport. The easiest and most convenient would be to take the bus. There are buses every half-an-hour (Irish Standard Time!) right at the airport terminal. There are two good services: Gobus and Citylink. Please avoid the Bus Eireann service, because they will take you through all the villages and towns on the way to Galway, and it will take about 3 and half-hours to reach Galway. You can either book your ticket online or buy it when you board the bus. Both these services are very good. It takes about 2 and half-hour to reach Galway from Dublin on the newly built motor-way. The journey is comfortable and the buses are equipped with internet (WiFi), for those who want to make last minute changes to your presentation! There are also trains from Dublin to Galway. To get the train, you have to get to the Heuston Station in the City. There are Airport Coaches available at Terminal 1 (don’t’ worry there are only two terminals Dublin airport!) that will take you to the Heuston station.

Shannon - Galway

Galway is about an hour-and-half from Shannon airport. It is a small airport and you have buses every hour to Galway at the airport. Bus Eireann operates the service to and from Shannon airport.

Knock - Galway

Knock (Ireland West Airport Knock) is also a small airport and Bus Eireann operates a few buses every day between Galway and Knock Airport.

Hotels and B&Bs

Radisson Blue is offering 20 rooms (first come first served) at a rate of €99 per room and night B&B 9^th-12^th July, and €130/night (single) and €150/night (double) B&B 14^th July. Unfortunately 13^th July is fully booked. If you want to avail of this offer you need to send your details to Raghav Srinivas ( s.raghavnuigalway.ie) before March 15^th. This hotels is just 200m from the Bus terminal in Galway and approximately 20 minutes walk from NUI Galway campus.

A list of Hotels and B&Bs recommended by NUIG can be found here and a good place to find places to stay is www.discoverireland.ie/Places-To-Go/Galway

Maps

An interactive and a static map of NUI Galway.

Here, here and here are three different of maps of Galway.

Don't forget an umbrella and a water proof coat!

CORE - NUI Galway
This page was last updated Monday, May 21, 2012