Directions: Broc House
Public Transport Options
Step 1: Get to Sligo.
Your options are as follows –
Train via Irish Rail:
Friday; Dublin (Connolly) to Sligo (MacDiarmada)
15:05 dep – 18:06 arr (3:01 dur)
16:00 dep – 19:09 arr (3:09 dur)
17:05 dep – 20:06 arr (3:01 dur)
Sunday; Sligo (MacDiarmada) to Dublin Connolly
15:00 dep – 18:00 arr (3:00 dur)
16:30 dep – 19:32 arr (3:02 dur)
18:00 dep – 21:09 arr (3:09 dur)
Cost via www.irishrail.ie (at the time of writing):
Adult: €47.98
Student: €24.00
Bus via Bus Eireann:
Friday: Dublin (Busáras) – Sligo (Bus Station)
11:30 dep – 16:55 arr (5:25 dur)
14:00 dep – 17:53 arr (3:53 dur)
15:30 dep – 19:55 arr (4:25 dur)
Sunday: Sligo (Bus Station) – Dublin (Busáras)
16:00 dep – 21:20 arr (5:20 dur)
19:00 dep – 22:30 arr (3:30 dur)
Cost via www.buseireann.ie (at the time of writing):
Adult: €26.12
Student: €20.90
Bus via Fureys Coaches (thebus.ie):
Friday: Dublin (Georges Quay, at the Ulster Bank) – Sligo Markievicz Road
14:00 dep – 16:55 arr (2:55 dur)
18:30 dep – 21:25 arr (2:55 dur)
Sunday: Sligo Markievicz Road (opposite Mollys Diner) – Georges Quay
18:40 dep – 21:40 arr (3:00 dur)
Cost €20 at the time of writing;
See the www.thebus.ie for more info. Also picks up/drops off at Hueston, DCU and UCD
Step 2: Get to the site.
The site is about ten minutes drive from the station (the bus and train station are at the same location).
If there’s a large group of you arriving together, contact the event team in advance at academy@iga.ie in advance, and we’ll arrange or recommend a local minibus/7 seater taxi for you.
There’s a taxi rank at the station and the local taxis all know the site, but taxi numbers will be provided closer to the event also. Taxi fare is usually about €12, not including the €1 per extra person.
Pickup runs may be available; more details closer to the event.
Google Maps directions from Sligo train station.
Driving Directions
If approaching from Dublin or Sligo/Donegal on the motorway M4 take the exit up to the Carraroe Roundabout, take the appropriate exit from it signposted “Lough Gill / Dromahair” and travel one kilometre. There is the gable of an old school house almost in the centre of the road and a sign to the left “Tobernalt/Holy Well) Take this left sign. You are now on Holy Well Lane. Count down the houses/entrances on the right side. Broc House is the eighth entrance, with “race-course” fencing. GO INTO FIRST GEAR! and drive 500 metres up the gravel lane. There is ample parking and turning for cars and bus’s at the house.