Booking for the free buses going to the Summer Festival has closed, but there are many public transport options available.
Sallins/Naas Train Station
Trains
- Direct to Newbridge, Kildare, Portarlington, Portlaoise.
- One Direct service each day serving Galway Line.
- Take Portlaoise stopper to: (to/from Waterford, Carlow, and Kilkenny), (to/from Portarlington for Galway and Westport line trains), and (to/from Portlaoise for Limerick, Cork, and Kerry trains).
Train timetables
- Dublin-Portlaoise Stopper, change Portalington/Portlaoise: https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/train-timetables/timetables-by-route
- Irish Rail Timetables: https://www.irishrail.ie/getmedia/8b5fcca4-fb55-4b0c-9bcd-6186b8d6431d/16-Portlaoise.pdf
Bus
- 183 Local link to Glenlough, Arklow, Gorey
- 885 Local link Batinglass
- 139 JJ Kavanagh TFI – Clane. (Accepts cash and leap card only)
Bus Timetables
- 183: https://locallinkckw.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TFI-LL-R183-Sallins-to-Arklow-WEB8.pdf
- 885: https://www.transportforireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/TFI-LL-R885-Feb24-FA2-WEB-1.pdf
- 139: https://jjkavanagh.ie/timetables/
Maynooth
Train
- To/from Sligo, Ballymote, Leitrim, Longford, Mullingar, and intermediate stations. PDF: https://www.irishrail.ie/IrishRail/media/Timetable-PDF-s/Connolly-DART-timetables/07_dublin_-sligo.pdf
Bus
- 139 JJ KAVANAGH TFI – TO CLANE. (ACCEPTS CASH AND LEAP CARD ONLY).
- • TO/FROM BALLINA, SWINFORD, CHARLESTOWN, BALLAGHADERREEN, STROKESTOWN WITH EXPRESSWAY ROUTE 22.
- •TO/FROM SLIGO WITH INTERMEDIATE STOPS WITH EXPRESSWAY ROUTE 23
- TO/FROM MULLINGAR AND LONGFORD WITHEXPRESSWAY ROUTES 22 AND 23 AND BUS EIREANN TFI ROUTE 115
Bus timetables
- Clane 139: https://jjkavanagh.ie/timetables/
- Ballina 22: PDF:
https://www.expressway.ie/route/22/dublin-to-ballina/2024-07-16 - Sligo 23: PDF:
https://www.expressway.ie/route/23/dublin-to-sligo/2024-07-16
Mullingar 115: PDF:
https://www.buseireann.ie/timetables/115-1700571588.pdf
Clane – Nearest Clongowes Wood College
BUS
- 139 – NAAS, SALLINS, MAYNOOTH, LEILXIP,
BLACHERTOWN – USE HILLVIEW HEIGHTS STOP
https://jjkavanagh.ie/timetables/ - 120 – DUBLIN, LIFFEY VALLEY AND LUCAN
https://WWW.GOAHEADIRELAND.IE/SERVICES/7778006/120