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

• Irish Concert Travel - from Galway

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

• Galway Coach Station
• Galway Cathedral

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

• Glen Whelan Travel - from Monastervien, Kildare, Newbridge and Naas

• Bus Éireann - services from Drogheda and Navan. 

• Matthews Coach Hire - from Dundalk, via Monasterboice, Drogheda, and Gormanston (City North Hotel)

• Marleys of Portlaoise - are likely to provide a service

• 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)

• J&;K Coaches are providing services from mid-Ulster

• CoolDiscs are running services from Belfast via Derry, Eglington, Strabane,Omagh,

• Skelton Travel - Belfast

• 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.

Buses to Electric Picnic 2013

Electric Picnic music / arts / lifestyle festival is being held at Stradbally Estate, Co Laois from Friday 30 August - Sunday 1 September 2013.

The following companies are providing return bus or coach services from Galway city:

• Reaneys of Galway - from Galway city, in conjunction with OMG/Zhivago

• Kelly Travel - buses from Galway (The Claddagh), via Athlone

• Irish Concert Travel - from Galway city and Athlone

• BusLink aka Farrell Travel - from Galway city, with pickups in Oranmore, Athenry and Loughrea.  Buses on Friday, and a day-trip on Sunday.  All bookings by phone to their office: 091-844189

• Bus Éireann - leaving Galway City at 12-noon on Friday, returning at 10am Monday.   Buy tickets in advance from Galway Bus Station. €35.

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

• Galway Coach Station
• Galway Cathedral

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

Services from other towns and cities

• Electric Picnic are offering a half-hourly shuttle bus from Portlaoise Railway Station - see their website for times, and Irish Rail's site for train times (hourly service from Dublin). 

• Kelly Travel - services from Limerick, Nenagh, Roscrea; Cork, Mitchelstown, Cahir; Tipparary, Cashel, Portlaois.    Includes day-trips on Sunday.   

• Irish Concert Travel - services from Sligo via Carrick-on-Shannon, Longford, Mullingar; 

• Marathon Travel are running a range of services from Dublin, including day-trips.

• Bus Éireann - services from Dublin (Custom House Quay) and Cork via Fermoy, Mitchelstown, Cahir.   Tickets must be purchased in advance. 

• Buses to Concerts - from Belfast, via Lisburn, Banbridge, Newry, Dundalk

Coaches and buses to Eminem at Slane Castle

The following page is for concert transport to Slane in 2013.

Click here for this year's information.

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Eminem is in concert at Slane Castle, Co Meath, on Saturday 17 August 2013.

The following companies are providing return bus or coach services from Galway city:

• Reaneys of Galway - from Galway city, in conjunction with OMG/Zhivago

• Kelly Travel - buse from Galway (The Claddagh), via Athlone

• Irish Concert Travel - from Galway city and Athlone

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

• Galway Coach Station
• Galway Cathedral

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

Services from other towns and cities

• Kelly Travel - services from Limerick, Nenagh, Roscrea; Cork, Mitchelstown, Cahir; Tipparary, Cashel, Portlaois.   

• Irish Concert Travel - services from Donegal via Ballyshannon, Sligo via Carrick-on-Shannon, Longford, Mullingar; Castlebar via Claremorris, Castlerea, Roscommon.

• Dublin Bus - services from Dublin, tickets must be purchased in advance.

• Skelton Travel - from Belfast and Lisburn.

• Buses to Concerts - from Belfast, Sprucebridge, Banerbridge, Nerwy.

Buses from Galway to Bruce Springsteen in Kilkenny

The following companies are providing return coach services from Galway city to Nowland Park Kilkenny for the Bruce Springsteen concert on 27-28 July 2013:

• Reaneys of Galway - from Galway city, in conjunction with OMG/Zhivago

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

• Galway Coach Station
• Galway Cathedral

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

Buses / coaches from other cities are being provided by:

• To be advised

Buses from Galway to Thormond Park, Limerick for the Bruce Springsteen concert on 16 July 2013

The following companies are providing return coach services from Galway city to Limerick for the Bruce Springsteen concert on 16 July 2013:

• Rearneys of Galway - from Galway city, in conjunction with OMG/Zhivago

• Irish Concert Travel - from Sligo, picking up in Charlestown, Tuam and Galway.

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

• Galway Coach Station
• Galway Cathedral

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

Buses / coaches from other cities are being provided by:

• To be advised.

Transport to Bruce Springsteen concert, 17 July 2012

Reaneys of Galway will be running a coach from Galway for the Bruce Sprintsteen concert in the RDS in Dublin on Tues 17 July 2012.

The bus will leave Galway at 2:30pm, and bookings are essential.

Contact them for details / bookings, through their website.

From other towns and cities:

Kelly's are running a bus from Limerick on the 17th and 18th

Furey's may run a service from Sligo

Transport to the Westlife Concert - June 2012

Reaneys of Galway will be running a coach from Galway for the Westlife concert in Croke Park on Fri 22 and Sat 23 June, 2012.

Contact them for details / bookings, through their website.