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Getting to Castletownbere

When you have booked your flights, please advise us of your flight times and we will e-mail you ground transport arrangements.

Public Bus Service

From Cork Airport there is a bus service into Cork Central Bus Depot. Monday to Friday every 25 minutes, Saturday and Sunday –hourly, (or alternatively a taxi is about €12 A public (CIE) bus service is available and leaves Cork at 9.15am every day (except Sunday).

Please contact me if you need help with this bus service. The approximate cost is €14 each way.

Current Bus Timetable

There is also a local private bus (Harringtons –see below) that leaves Castletownbere every morning at 8.00am and returns in the evening, leaving Cork (Central Bus Depot)at 6.00pm. The approximate cost is €20 each way You should allow approximately 2 hours if travelling by bus.

Car Hire - please see below

Whichever option you choose, we will meet you in Castletownbere and escort you to your accommodation.

Finally, please be assured that we will arrange to get you to Castletownbere and back to Cork Airport in time for your flights.

 

Airlines: Flying to Cork.,has never been easier and all of these airlines offer competitive airfares.

Aer Lingus
www.aerlingus.com

Aer Arran
www.aerarran.ie

Ryanair
www.ryanair.com

British Airways
www.britishairways.com

Easyjet
www.easyjet.com

SAS
www.sas.com

British Midland
www.flybmi.com

British European
www.flybe.com

jet2
www.jet2.com

Ferries

Irish Ferries – to Rosslare
www.irishferries.ie

Swansea – to Cork
www.fastnetline.com

 

Brittany Ferries
www.Brittany-ferries.co.uk

P & O Ferries
www.poirishsea.com

Stenna Line
www.stenaline.com

 

Vehicle Hire There are many vehicle hire firms and the firms below are just a selection for your convenience.

Avis
www.avis.ie

Hertz
www.hertz.ie

Budget
www.budget.ie

 

Europcar
www.europcar.ie

National
www.carhire.ie

Irish car Rentals
www.irishcarrentals.com

 

Driving Directions to Castletownbere from Cork Airport

Turn left when you leave the airport.

Drive down the hill and turn left just before the roundabout on to the South Ring road ( West ) N25.

Go straight through the first roundabout you come to.

At the next roundabout turn left on to the N71 and follow the road signs for West Cork.

You will go through the following towns:

  • Inishannon
  • Bandon
  • From Bandon you follow the R586.
  • Eniskeen/Ballineen
  • Dunmanway
  • Drimoleague
  • Bantry
  • Glengarriff
  • Castletownbere
 

Bus and Train: You can book online at www.cie.ie

Dublin            353 (0) 1   8366111

Cork              353 (0) 21 4508188

Killarney        353 (0) 64 30011

Limerick        353 (0) 61 313333

 
Local Bus Operators

Harringtons: 353 (0) 27 74003/74265

Bearhaven Bus Service: 353 (0) 27 70007/70677