Public Transport Directions for Popular Places


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Ardilaun Hotel
Catch the 2w - Seacrest or 2d - Knocknacarra bus (bus details).
There is a bus-stop immediately after the bus makes a sharp right-hand turn into Taylors Hill Rd: ask the driver if you don't know where this is: there are no good landmarks here.  Get off at the bus stop after this.
The hotel is a little further up the road on the left side

Atlantaquaria - National Aquarium
Catch the 1s - Salthill bus (bus details). Get off at the church in Salthill. Walk towards the sea, and turn left - Atlantaquaria is just around the corner (less than 5 minutes walk).

Bon Secours hospital
Catch the 9 - Parkmore, 2 - Lisbeg Lawn, 4e - Merlin Park or 5E - Ballybane bus (bus details). After the bus has done past "DPL" (bright yellow building on the left), look out for a SPAR on the right hand side. Get off at the first stop after this (it's very close). The hospital is across the road.

Cúirt Na Rásaí / Tir Na gCapall - See the Briarhill / Doughiska area map


To get from here to GMIT:

For the Dublin Rd campus, go down to the roundabout, around the corner on the right, and catch the 9 - Parkmore bus on its way back in to town.  After the bus passes Merlin Park hospital (on the right) it goes through a roundabout:  get off at the stop just after the roundabout, and GMIT is directly across the road.

For the Cluain Mhuire campus: catch the 3 - Ballybrit bus on its way back in to town.  Get off at the second stop after the CrownLiving site and Eircom building (which are on the right, a little after the bus has gone past SuperValu).



Taylors Hill Pitch'n'Putt
Catch the 2w - Seacrest or 2d - Knocknacarra bus (

There is a hotel is a little further up the road on the left side, and the Pitch n putt is across the road from it.


University College Hosptial, Galway (UCHG) For the main entrance hospital entrance:
Catch the 2W - Seacrest, 2D - Knocknacarra, 4W - Newcastle, 5W - Rahoon, 33- Knocknacarra or 34-Cappagh Rd bus from Eyre Square (bus details).
After the bus has crossed the river and passed the cathedral (large green-domed building on the left), it goes up University Rd (the university is on the right). Get off at the first stop after the cathedral.

For departments located further along Newcastle Rd, or in Seamus Quirke Rd:
Catch the 4W - Newcastle or 5W - Rahoon, bus (bus details), and get of at and appropriate stop

For departments in  Shantalla or Costello Rd:
Catch the 2W - Seacrest, 2D - Knocknacarra, 33- Knocknacarra or 34-Cappagh Rd bus, (bus details) and get of at and appropriate stop