Directions to Airsoft Locations

CrazyRabbit

The question pops up every now and again about how to get to HRTA. If other sites open, I imagine the same will be asked about them.

So I've created the thread to provide directions to them.

I'll start with HRTA.

Directions to get to HRTA using public transport.

1. Get to Lower Abbey Street in the city centre.
2. Get the 41 or 41c bus. There are several bus stops clustered together on the street. I've marked the approximate location of the 41/41c bus stop on the map below, but you should be able to check the bus shelters to find the correct one.

Bus Stop location at Lower Abbey Street


Both buses leave every 15-20 mins depending on the time of day. You can check the schedules here:

Bus 41
http://www.dublinbus.ie/your_journey/viewer.asp?placeName=Swords&SelectedRoute=41

Bus 41c
http://www.dublinbus.ie/your_journey/viewer.asp?placeName=Swords&SelectedRoute=41C

You can also get the 33 bus but it only leaves you in Swords village (beside the Centra shop), doubling the walking distance to HRTA.

Journey time (bus + walk) is about 90 mins.

3. If you take the 41 or 41c buses they will continue through Swords village and both end up about half way down the R125 (Rathbeale Road), albeit by different routes. The below map shows the location of the bus stop where you should get off the bus. The easiest way to know you are there is to look for the electricty station (it's big, ugly and very obvious...just keeping looking out the right-side windows of the bus)

HRTA 41/41c bus stop/route


4. The laneway that leads into HRTA is a bit hard to see. Just look for a house with cream coloured walls and a huge tree beside it. The laneway is directly accross from this. Keep walking to the end of the laneway until you see all the Rambo impersonators.

liamo333

Nicle done, should come in handy.

CrazyRabbit

Driving directions to Predator Combat Games from City Centre

Latitude/Longitude
N54 21.240 W5 51.284

1. O'Connell Street Bridge 0 m
2. Get on Eden Quay and drive east 0 m
3. Turn left onto Beresford Place 302 m
4. Keep left onto Gardiner Street Lower 160 m
5. Turn right onto Dorset Street Lower 1.2 km
6. Keep right onto M1 5.8 km
7. Keep right onto M1/M1 2.1 km
8. Keep right onto M1 towards Belfast 52.3 km
9. Keep right onto M1 14.9 km
10. Enter roundabout 11.5 km
11. Take the 1st left onto N1 50 m
12. Enter roundabout 13.8 km
13. Take the 3rd left onto Dublin Road 80 m
14. Keep right onto Bridge Street 1.9 km
15. Turn right onto A1 1.3 km
16. Enter roundabout 202 m
17. Take the 2nd left onto Sandys Street 11 m
18. Enter roundabout 2.0 km
19. Take the 1st left onto A25 12 m
20. Turn right onto A25 9.9 km
21. Turn right onto Newry Street 3.2 km
22. Turn right onto Downpatrick Street 557 m
23. Keep left onto Castlewellan Road 433 m
24. Enter roundabout 14.4 km
25. Take the 2nd left onto Dublin Road 27 m
26. Turn left onto Drumcaw Road 6.4 km
27. Keep right onto Road 1.1 km
28. Turn right onto Manse Road 444 m
29. Turn left onto Newcastle Road 2.5 km
30. Predator Games 5.8 km
Total 152 km

kdouglas

good work

ED E

Such dedication.

o1s1n

...just in case anyone asks, STICKY DENIED.

Irish Trinity

o1s1n wrote:

...just in case anyone asks, STICKY DENIED.

saw that commig:p

CrazyRabbit

Irish Trinity wrote:

saw that commig:p

Psychic eh? What's the winning lotto numbers for this saturdays draw then?

o1s1n

01 3 16 22 28 29 30

whupass

haha very well done oisin!!!

kdouglas

o1s1n wrote:

01 3 16 22 28 29 30

** runs to nearest shop **

liamo333

**Also runs to nearest shop to find he is to young to buy a lotto ticket**

Irish Trinity

** Robs The Loto tickets so NO ONE can have them!!! **

** Runs when he sees CR comming at him with an airsoft gun**

o1s1n

*realizes he in fact psychically tapped into last weeks lotto numbers by mistake*

Woops, sorry lads..maybe next week

whupass

ha you put the bunus down too so there was 7 numbers, that's why i said well done

Shiva

o1s1n wrote:

*realizes he in fact psychically tapped into last weeks lotto numbers by mistake*

Woops, sorry lads..maybe next week

Ha ! Gotcha !

You're not really psychic - if you were, you would have psychically seen that you were going to make that mistake, and corrected it before you made it.

Although...if you psychically saw that you were going to make a mistake, then corrected it, you wouldn't have psychically seen that you were going to make a mistake, in which case you would have made the mistake, and you would have psychically seen that you were going to make a mistake, so therefore you wouldn't have made the mistake, and naturally you couldn't have psychically seen that you were going to make a mistake, thereby.....

/pause

Uhh...yeah...so how do I get to HRTA ?

CrazyRabbit

Shiva wrote:

Uhh...yeah...so how do I get to HRTA ?

Walk.

Shiva

CrazyRabbit wrote:

Walk.

I knew you were going to say that.......

Irish Trinity

psychic eh?......

Shiva

Irish Trinity wrote:

psychic eh?......

Nah.

He's just predictable

Heh heh heh heh.

Irish Trinity

predictable eh?.....

CrazyRabbit

Irish Trinity wrote:

predictable eh?.....

I know what you are going to post next in this thread.

Irish Trinity

and what would that be?

o1s1n

Shiva wrote:

Ha ! Gotcha !

You're not really psychic - if you were, you would have psychically seen that you were going to make that mistake, and corrected it before you made it.

Although...if you psychically saw that you were going to make a mistake, then corrected it, you wouldn't have psychically seen that you were going to make a mistake, in which case you would have made the mistake, and you would have psychically seen that you were going to make a mistake, so therefore you wouldn't have made the mistake, and naturally you couldn't have psychically seen that you were going to make a mistake, thereby.....

/pause

Uhh...yeah...so how do I get to HRTA ?

Say that exact paragraph to a taxi driver. You'll probably hurt his brain so much that he'll plead with you to stop in exchange for a free trip..

ED E

or just get left on the footpath:p

o1s1n

With skidmarks over your toes.

ED E

Ouch:eek:

Shiva

o1s1n wrote:

With skidmarks over your toes.

I betcha I'm not the only one who totally got the wrong mental image from that....

o1s1n

Yes, wrong choice of words. I forgot you all had a pack of vulgar minds

kdouglas

long term exposure to the internet is a known cause of vulgar mindedness, did you really expect any less?

CrazyRabbit

Irish Trinity wrote:

and what would that be?

I was right...you just posted what I knew you were going to post!

CrazyRabbit

Directions to Barrage Paintball (potential Airsoft site)

Firstly, if you have GPS these are the Co-ordinates:
N:53 35.310
W:6 25.777

Directions to site:
Directions to the Venue from the Tescos on the Finglas Road (N2) and from the M50
1mile - straight through roundabout - lidl will be on right after roundabout
1.5mile - M50 roundabout, keep in middle lane and go straight through, heading for Derry (N2)
8miles - (junction 3 for ashbourne) DO NOT TAKE, stay on duel carriageway
12.1 miles - end of bypass, take a left at roundabout and go straight, heading for Derry (N2)
14.1 miles - straight through junction and pass statoil garage
14.5 miles - straight through small junction
15 miles - straight through small junction
15.6 miles - turn right at junction for sign for indoor karting(watch out for a 'top' garage)
16 miles - turn right at sign for Pudden Hill
17miles - turn left at sign for Pudden Hill
17.4 miles - turn left a big stone walled entrance and go paintballing and soon airsofting.

Evolute

o1s1n wrote:

Yes, wrong choice of words. I forgot you all had a pack of vulgar minds

Dont lie you do too and you knew this would happen:p

ScumLord

I'm looking for directions for Hrta from the M4. It looks like I just go on the M50 then M1, through swords out the R125 but google earth looks like it may be out of date with the roads.

It looks like I could go around the back of the airport aswell to and try and avoid some traffic by getting off at R122 > R108 then head back into Swords. But I don't want to get lost.

Can someone tell what the best way to get there is from the M4 by car including what towns I should be looking out for on signposts? Will also need somewhere to park is there parking at HRTA?

ScumLord

I'm looking for directions for Hrta from the M4. It looks like I just go on the M50 then M1, through swords out the R125 but google earth looks like it may be out of date with the roads.

It looks like I could go around the back of the airport aswell to and try and avoid some traffic by getting off the M4 at R122 > R108 then head back into Swords. But I don't want to get lost.

Can someone tell what the best way to get there is from the M4 by car including what towns I should be looking out for on signposts? Will also need somewhere to park is there parking at HRTA?

ED E

Plenty of parking at HRTA:D

kdouglas

Scumlord: id say the easiest route would be the m4/m50/m1 way, had looked at going around the back of the airport myself before, but not sure it would be worth the hassle, traffic generally isnt too bad on a saturday/sunday morning, occasionally a bit at the toll bridge or just before the lucan exit at the moment, but you'd be joining the m50 at just before the toll bridge i assume, so you'd be grand there

ScumLord

So I get off the M1 at swords go through the town headin out the R122, where would I be headin towards so I can keep an eye on signs?

CrazyRabbit

The backroads behind the airport are quicker (and more dangerous with stupid drivers going 60mph around blind corners on narrow roads). But....unless you have sat nav, or know the route, it's a difficult route since there are practically no signs and half the roads look identical to each other.

The only real point of reference is St Margarets Golf Club.

You can see the backroads more clearly here :

ScumLord

Good map, that should get me there.

The backroads behind the airport are quicker (and more dangerous with stupid drivers going 60mph around blind corners on narrow roads).

Sure amn't I well used to it out here in the sticks.

kdouglas

ScumLord wrote:

So I get off the M1 at swords go through the town headin out the R122, where would I be headin towards so I can keep an eye on signs?

When you get onto the rathbeale road, keep an eye out for a petrol station on your right about a mile or so up the road, (cant remember what company it is, esso/statoil??, it's quite big though)

after this there is another set of traffic lights, with some construction works on the left side of the road at the moment, continue straight on up this road for another mile or so, you'll see a group of houses on the left on their own, then some more trees and a very large tree which over-hangs the road a little bit on the left, with a yellow house just past it, there is a right turn just before this with two yellow-ish walls on either side,
almost looks like an entrance to someone's house (it kind of is), drive straight down this little private road, to the end, you'll see a couple of big metal shed/barn thingies down the end with hrta written on the door of one.

there is no hrta sign out at the roadside at the moment, so youll have to keep an eye out for the various landmarks nearby. must post up some pics of the entrance and such...

ScumLord

Cheers that should get me there.

I'll have to put it off for another two weeks though, this town is like the twilight zone every time you try to leave something gets in the way.

kdouglas

Took a few pictures on my way to hrta to add to the directions, this covers from the esso on the rathbeale road onwards (coming from swords village), i'm sure people can manage to get that far from previous directions, so these are just so you can find the right entrance and not end up in someone's front garden....


Keep an eye out for the esso garage on your right handside


and also a Dunnes Stores

Traffic lights ahead (stop if they're red!)


Go straight through at the lights and follow the road on


see the big tree on the left hand side? make a note of it


and the yellow/beige colour house just past it, look to the right now


yarrrrr! there be the gate!


drive down the lane!


try not to hit the dog!


wave to the nice people in army gear... you've arrived

liamo333

kdouglas wrote:

Took a few pictures on my way to hrta to add to the directions, this covers from the esso on the rathbeale road onwards (coming from swords village), i'm sure people can manage to get that far from previous directions, so these are just so you can find the right entrance and not end up in someone's front garden....


wave to the nice people in army gear... you've arrived

Nicley done:)

CrazyRabbit

Been meaning to do that for a while kdouglas. Cheers & good work. Nobody could possible get lost now.

CrazyRabbit

o1s1n wrote:

...just in case anyone asks, STICKY DENIED.

It got sticked....in the newbie thread :eek:

Oh, and the picture host I was using got shut down. You can find an updated version in this sticky:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055127485

o1s1n

...I don't remember saying that. Lies, lies I tell you!

With the amount of people asking for directions, it was a bit silly not having it stickied.