Carrick-on-Shannon Getting there & around

Getting there & away

The bus stop is outside Coffey’s Pastry Case. Bus Éireann (Dublin 01-836 6111, 916 0066) express service 23 between Dublin (2¾ hours) and Sligo (one hour) stops here six times in each direction Monday to Saturday (five Sunday). The service stops at several large towns en route, including Boyle, Longford and ­Mullingar.

The train station (962 0036) is a 15-minute walk over on the Roscommon side of the river. Turn right across the bridge, then left at the service station onto Station Rd. Carrick has three trains daily to Dublin (2¼ hours) and Sligo (55 minutes), with an additional one to Sligo on Friday.

Carrick-on-Shannon