Getting Here and Around

Galway is connected to Dublin by motorways M6–M4–M50 (four-lane highways with concrete dividers, some tolls), 208 km (129 miles) with a journey time of about two hours, 20 minutes. There is a similarly good road to Limerick, the M18/N18 (100 km [62 miles]), with a journey time of one hour.

Express bus services to Galway from Dublin are available from both Bus Éireann and Citylink. Both take about three hours, 40 minutes from Dublin City Center. Bus services to Galway from Cork call at Limerick and Shannon Airport. Journey time from Cork is 4½ hours. There are also daily buses from Galway to Westport (1½ hours), Ballina (2½ hours), Sligo (2½ hours), and Belfast (6½ hours). For quick hops around the city, use a taxi, such as those of Big O.

Irish Rail–Iarnrod Éireann trains run from Dublin's Heuston Station to Galway City via Athlone. The journey takes two hours, 10 minutes. There are trains from Limerick City via Ennis on the new commuter route, a two-hour journey.

Contacts

Big O Taxis. Galway City, Co. Galway. 091/585–858; www.bigotaxis.com.

Ceannt (Bus) Station. Eyre Sq., Galway City, Co. Galway. 091/562–000.

Ceannt (Rail) Station. Eyre Sq., Galway City, Co. Galway. 091/564–222; www.irishrail.ie.

Citylink. 17 Forster St., Galway City, Co. Galway. 091/564–164; www.citylink.ie.