Good Friday (the 25th) is a bank holiday but not a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland: most public-transport run normal services, with a few exceptions. However all pubs, hotel bars and off-licenses are closed, all banks and many publc services (eg post-office) are closed, and some other companies treat the day as a "bank holiday".
Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday are not public holidays: usual Sat / Sun timetables generally apply.
Easter Monday is a public holiday, and in most cases Sunday services will be run.
Information from specific bus and train companies is summarised below. Always confirm details with the company.
Bus Éireann
The following applies to both city and regional / national bus/coach services in Galway:- Holy Thursday - normal Thursday timetable
- Good Friday - normal Friday timetable
- Easter Saturday - regular Saturday timetable
- Easter Sunday - normal Sunday timetable, except for 3:30pm Dundalk / Galway and 6pm Galway / Dundalk, which are cancelled
- Easter Monday - based on the normal Sunday timetable with a few changes. See their press-release for details
City Direct
- Good Friday: Normal Saturday services on routes 411 during the daytime: First bus from Cappagh Rd at 7am. Last bus leaves Eyre Square at 6:45pm. No services on route 412 or 414.
- Easter Saturday: Normal Saturday service
- Easter Sunday and Monday: Normal Sunday service.
See their website for further details.
CityLink
Running regular daily timetable during each day of Easter - except:- Sunday 27th: no Galway - Dublin Airport 8:15pm or 9:15pm buses
- Monday 28th: extra buses rull run from Galway - Dublin Airport at 8:15pm and 9:15pm
On Easter Sunday, due to the 2016 commemorations, there are a number of changes to Dublin City pick-up and drop-offpoints - see here for details.
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GoBus
Running a Sunday timetable on Easter Monday, and the regular daily timetable during each other day of Easter.
All coaches leaving from Galway after 12-midnight on Easter Saturday night will run according to daylight savings time: the 1:45am bus from Galway will leave at 1:45am Irish Summer Time, ie at 12:45pm Irish Winter Time (aka GMT / UTC).
On Easter Sunday, due to the 2016 commemorations, there are a number of changes to Dublin City pick-up and drop-offpoints - see here for details.
All coaches leaving from Galway after 12-midnight on Easter Saturday night will run according to daylight savings time: the 1:45am bus from Galway will leave at 1:45am Irish Summer Time, ie at 12:45pm Irish Winter Time (aka GMT / UTC).
Feda O'Donnail (Galway / Sligo / Donegal)
Some reduced services during Easter weekend. These have not been announced on their website, but are available on Facebook. Or click the image here to see it full-size:
BusLink (Athenry)
To be advised: In 2015, they ran:- Regular Friday services on Good Friday - except for the NightLink service that did not run.
- NightLink on both Saturday and Sunday nights.
Healy Bus (Loughrea and Mayo)
Has not been announced.Kearns Transport (Birr / Portumna)
- Good Friday - Normal timetable
- Easter Saturday - Normal timetable
- Easter Sunday - No service
- Easter Monday - Reduced service: One bus from Birr at 7:45pm. See their website for more details.
Other bus companies
Have not issued information about their Easter timetables. Check with individual companies for details.Trains
Irish Rail's Easter service details are here.. For Galway they include:- Normal weekday services on Good Friday
- Normal Saturday services on Easter Saturday
- Normal Sunday service with two cancellations on Easter Sunday.
- Monday services on Easter Monday, with a number of exceptions.