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Getting to Monasterevin

By Bus or Train

Take Shuttle Bus, outside Dublin Airport Arrivals Terminal.

Bus Number 747 operates to Central Bus Station (Busarus) every 15 minutes Bus Number 748 operates to Heuston Train Station every 30 mins.

Full timetables for Airport Shuttles are available on Dublin Bus website
These buses will bring you either to Huston Station for the Train to Monasterevin or, more frequently, to Kildare, or to the Bus Terminal for buses to Kildare and Monasterevin.

Buses for Kildare and Monasterevin

Depart from Central Bus Station:

07:30 08:30 09:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30 18:30 20:00

Arriving Monasterevin:
08:40 09:40 10:40 11:40 12:40 13:40 14:40 15:40 16:40 17:40 18:40 19:40 21:10

Buses from Dublin to Kildare

Monday to Friday

Depart from Central Bus Station:
06:45 07:30 08:30 09:30 10:30 12:00 13:30 15:15 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 20:00 23:00

Arriving in Kildare Town
08:20 08:50 10:00 10:55 11:55 13:30 15:15 16:45 18:10 18:35 18:40 19:30 21:25 00:25

Saturdays

Depart from Central Bus Station:
07:15 08:30 09:30 10:45 12:00 13:30 15:15 16:30 17:10 17:30 18:00 20:00 23:00

Arriving Kildare Town
08:40 10:00 10:55 12:10 13:25 15:20 16:40 18:05 18:40 18:40 19:25 21:25 00:25

Sunday

Depart from Central Bus Station:
10:00 12:00 15:00 16:00 18:00 20:00 21:00 23:00

Arriving Kildare Town
11:25 13:25 16:25 17:00 19:25 21:25 22:25 00:25

All bus information is available to view on the Bus Eireann website

The trip to Monasterevin by Bus normally takes 1 hour 40 minutes
but much depends on traffic densities.

Dublin to Monasterevin by Car

Leaving the Airport, take the M1 Southbound (Dublin direction - not Belfast direction!).

C. 1 km down that road, turn left, down to Roundabout leading, always south-bound, to the M50 Southbound

Continue on the M50 until the Toll Plaza (you will need 1 Euro 30 c. in coin for this - sorry about that!)Take the 2nd left after the Toll Plaza - SOUTHBOUND, NAAS.
At next Roundabout, the Red-Cow Roundabout, take the M7. Continue SOUTHBOUND on the M7, past Rathcoole, Kill, Johnstown, by-pass Naas, Newbridge, Kildare Town and then on straight (and still southwards on the M7) to Monasterevin. Depending on time of day and traffic, the trip will take under an hour -- or, a bit longer!

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