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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Bus services to Foo Fighters at Slane Castle - 30 May 2015

Foo Fighters with special guests  Kaiser Chiefs, Hozier, are in concert at Slane Castle, Co Meath, on Saturday 30 May 2015.

The following companies are providing return bus or coach services from Galway:
  • Reaneys of Galway
    Tickets available from Zhivago/ Ticket Master on Shop Street, or their website.  €29.00 euro return.  Bus leaving at 8:30am
  • Kelly Travel - bus from Ennis, via Gort and Loughea, via Athlone

Check with the company for timetable, booking and departure / pickup points.  Likely departure points include:

For concerts, return services generally leave 30-60 minutes after the concert ends, from the same place where the bus drops you off.


Services from other towns and cities

  • Kelly Travel aka Concert-Travel.com - services from
    Limerick, via Nenagh, and Roscrea
    Tipperary, via Portlaoise and Cashel
    Cork City, via Mitchesltown, Cahir
    Birr, via Tullamore and Kilbeggan
    Waterford
  • Irish Concert Travel - services from
    Sligo via Carrick-on-Shannon, Longford, Mullingar;
    Donegal, via Ballyshannon and Cavan
    Castlebar, via Claremorris, Castlerea, Roscommon and Athlone
    • Matthews Coach Hire - from Dundalk, via Monasterboice, Drogheda, and Gormanston (City North Hotel)
    • Translink are running bus / coach services from/via Belfast (Foyle Street), via Strabane, Omagh
    • Buses to Concerts are providing several services from Belfast, Lisburn, Banbridge & Newry
    • Coaches to Concerts - from Belfast (Days Hotel), Lisburn and Banbridge   (nb, This a different operator from to Buses to Concerts)
    • CoolDiscs are running services from Belfast via Derry, Eglington, Strabane,Omagh,
      • Marathon Travel are running a range of services from Dublin City (Georges Quay).
      • Dublin Bus are running a shuttle service from Parnell Square West in Dublin city, between 12-noon and 5pm.   Buy tickets in advance from their office in Upper O'Connell St, from Sound Cellar in Nassau St, or from Ticketmaster.
      • Executive Express are running a service from Bewley's Leopardstown, Newlands Cross and Dublin Airport.

      Contact editor@GalwayTransport.info if you know of other services which should be added to this list.